Quotes by : David S. Landes

As for me, I prefer truth to goodthink. I feel surer on my ground.

The invention of the mechanical clock was one of a number of major advances that turned Europe from a....

... if one is to rely on human judges, it is very important that they never admit to error.

... the invention of the mechanical clock in medieval Europe. This was one of the great inventions in....

The mechanical clock was self-contained, and once horologists learned to drive it by means of a coiled....