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January 13, 2000

På 1700-talet inleddes den spektakulära och världsberömda jakten på longituden – något som skulle kunna rädda livet på tusentals sjömän varje år. Såväl forskare som kyrkans män hade länge förgäves försökt kartlägga jordens dödliga farvatten – men så steg en ödmjuk, försiktig man fram ur skuggorna med ett provocerande enkelt förslag. I trettio år fick snickaren John Harrison slåss för sin geniala uppfinning kronometern – i dag mer känd som klockan – en envis kamp på liv och död.

Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehistoric times, man has sought to measure time, to organize social and religious life, to plan food supply... Today we can surf the Internet, geolocate, pay by credit card… All our daily lives depend on time and the synchronization of clocks. The history of the invention of time and of the ways and instruments to measure it is a long story…

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