The Time Factory
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…
- Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
- Studio: Grand Angle Productions, France Télévisions
- Keyword: time, ancient rome, albert einstein, middle ages (476-1453), pendulum, ancient greece, babylon, 17th century, 1900s, science history, general relativity, measurement, precision, clockwork, chronometer, sundial, atomic clock, water clock
- Cast: Nathalie Spitzer, Pacôme Delva, Denis Savoie, Kostas Kotsanas, Efthymios Nicolaidis, Meropi Morfouli