Time Without Clocks
Social Science/History | Registration opens 1/5/2026 12:00 AM MST (Arizona)
People have always been interested in and controlled by the concept of the time of day. Yet, for most of recorded human history, there was no means of telling time that was both reliable and accurate. We will look at various pre-mechanical time keeping approaches, and explore how the influence of time on daily life differed from what it is today.
Bill Blaker
Bill Blaker is retired after a 45-year career as a research scientist and university professor. He has received teaching awards from Virginia Tech and Furman University. He has taught university courses in general science, biology, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, neuroscience, English composition, statistics, and philosophy. Now, he teaches anything he finds interesting.