We'll be diving into \*Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time\* by Clark Blaise. This book tells the story of Sir Sandford Fleming, a Canadian engineer who revolutionized how we experience time by standardizing it across the globe. His work on time zones solved the chaos created by local times in the 19th century, an essential innovation for global communication and travel.

You might find this book has a connection to one of our earlier reads,
"Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time". Both books feature individuals grappling with the challenge of navigating time and space in a rapidly expanding world. Where "Longitude" focused on John Harrison’s pursuit of precise seafaring navigation, \*Time Lord\* shifts to the land, where Fleming's work on standard time made global coordination possible.

This book should be a good match for our group, with its mix of history, science, and the determination of a visionary who changed how we live our lives, right down to the clocks on our walls and the wtches on our wrists.

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Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time {Clark Blaise}

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