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In the lecture, I argued the point, that the qualities of the built environment, good and bad, influence our perception of time.
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The quote attributed to John Harrison on our trading cards explains his ultimate motivation for accuracy in timekeeping. He believed people needed to know when to arrive at work. The longitude prize simply provided the financial resources to achieve his goal of a clock that would support prompt arrival at work.
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John Harrison's professional passion was to prove that the measurement of longitude was a problem best solved with an accurate clock that could withstand the physical challenges of sea travel.
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As stated in the lecture, an important measure of quality in the design of the built in environment is how much we enjoy the experience of time.
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The ancient Egyptians were able to track the passage of time with obelisks.
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Imagine the following simple life: You work as a nurse in a local health care clinic. But you don't have a car. You ride your bike to Kroger to buy food. You choose not to have a Cell Phone. and you provide all of your electricity with solar panels.
So, if you live that simple life, contemporary precision in timekeeping just isn't that important to you.
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Feedback: Shopping at Kroger and your job as a nurse are both integrally linked to the precision of modern timekeeping for food production, shipping, inventory, customer payments, etc, etc.
The "hack" feature on Bulova watches in WWII was a useful way to synchronize timekeeping for short term accuracy among a group of soldiers.
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Answer Key: True
Question 9 of 10
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The need for coordinated timekeeping for train scheduling across the expanse of the US was a primary reason for establishing standardized time zones.
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Answer Key: True
Question 10 of 10
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As stated in the lecture, accurate timekeeping - to 14 nanoseconds - is critical to industrial farming.
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Answer Key: True
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