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From submariners who live on an 18-hour day to the railway clerk who fought to standardise time zones, Steven Johnson discovers the surprising journey of time in our lives.
From submariners who live on an 18-hour day to the railway clerk who fought to standardise time zones, and the cobbler who invented the first cheap watch, innovation expert Steven Johnson discovers the surprising journey of time in our lives. He locates the unsung heroes whose ideas transformed our world of time from the sundial to clocks accurate to billionths of a second.
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Fri 26 Jan 201801:30
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The job where every second counts
Duration: 02:04
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Steven Johnson |
| Executive Producer | Jane Root |
| Executive Producer | Peter Lovering |
| Executive Producer | Michael Jackson |
| Director | Julian Jones |
| Director | Nic Stacey |
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