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Index
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: Very, Very Early or Very, Very Late
1. The Accident of Time
i) Leaving the Ground
ii) The Shortness of Life and How to Live It
2. How the French Messed Up the Calendar
3. The Invention of the Timetable
i) The Fastest Thing You Ever Did See
ii) Was Ever Tyranny More Monstrous?
4. The Beet Goes On
i) The Way to Play the Ninth
ii) Just How Long Should a CD Be?
iii) Revolver
5. How Much Talking Is Too Much Talking?
i) In the Time of Moses
ii) Talking It Over
6. Movie Time
i) How You Get to the Clock
ii) Oncoming Train
7. Horology Part One: How to Make a Watch
i) A Very Difficult Floor
ii) Just What Is It about the Swiss?
8. Roger Bannister Goes Round and Round
9. Vietnam. Napalm. Girl.
i) The Split Second
ii) ‘I am Muybridge and this is a message from my wife’
10. The Day Shift
i) We Will Crush, Squash, Slaughter Yamaha!
ii) The Boss from Hell
11. Horology Part Two: How to Sell the Time
i) Vasco da Gama Special Edition
ii) Welcome to Baselworld
iii) Uh-oh
iv) In Which We Name the Guilty Man
v) The Most Valuable Watch on the Planet
12. Time Tactics That Work!
i) The Berry Season
ii) The Lean Email Simple System
13. Life Is Short, Art Is Long
i) The Clock Is a Clock
ii) White People Are Crazy
14. Slowing Down the World
i) A Place Where Time Stands Still
ii) Living Frenchly
iii) Faster Food
15. The British Museum and the Story of Us
i) The Book of Hours
ii) Doomed and Marooned
iii) Those Who Feel Differently
Epilogue: Humility Watch
Further Reading and Acknowledgements
Picture Credits
Index
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