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Keeping Time

January 20, 2026·51 min·5-min readconversationalculture
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Josh and Chuck, joined briefly by Jerry, explore the fascinating history of timekeeping, tracing humanity’s journey from observing shadows cast by sticks in the ground to the invention of atomic clocks. What began as a way to track seasons and celestial events evolved into precise mechanica

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People

AnaximanderIsmail al-JazariGalileo GalileiChristiaan HuygensWilliam Clement

Books

My Grandfather's Clockby Henry Clay Work

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Rolex Oyster

Topics

Ancient HistoryHistory Of Science

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