Tick Tock

Tick. Tock. It's a sound you probably hear several times a day. Time dominates virtually every aspect of our lives, attuned to the rigid, unflinching regularity of Hours, Minutes and Seconds. The question how did our ancient ancestors figure out these units? Who came up with the concepts of timekeeping, like Minutes and Seconds, and why are there 60 of them, and not say, 100? The answers to such questions make up the topic of our video today- the first in a two-part series on the mysterious workings of Time. This one was both a challenge and a privilege to work on, Part 2 will be released towards the end of the month and will be... different. Join my Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/sea Merchandise: https://the-sea-store.creator-spring.com You can support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sea_media Patrons get early access to new videos and sneak peeks, as well as ad-free access to existing episodes! SOUNDTRACK (In order of appearance): “Hologram” - CO.AG Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPFkyyslcb4) “Lost in the Motions of Time” - The Turquoise Moon “Do Not Enter: Horror Background” - The Turquoise Moon “Eyes of Quartz & Obsidian” - CO.AG Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNULQQZJIMs) “Calm Gratitude” - The Turquoise Moon “Deep Meditation” - The Turquoise Moon “Summer Evening Soundbath” - The Turquoise Moon “An Ambient Dream” - The Turquoise Moon CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic FOOTAGE: Multiple graphic sequences were provided by Storyblocks.com The CGI space scenes in this video were captured using SpaceEngine Pro, a virtual universe simulator: http://spaceengine.org/ Get SpaceEngine on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/314650/SpaceEngine/ Other visual resources provided by Vecteezy.com Pro License Holder: https://www.vecteezy.com/members/sea-media-stock Verge & Foliot Clock Footage: https://youtu.be/LyoH3juUSdo?si=lf6mWOe9-CkFsOJs SOURCE LIST (For the video’s research): “Who Invented Time?” The History of Timekeeping, GMT and More, History Co-Operative (https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-time/) “Nine Quick Facts About the History of Timekeeping”, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Jzg3WT8LJMLFJGYKSzWXzp/nine-quick-facts-about-the-history-of-timekeeping “The Sumerian Mathematical System” Mathematics Magazine (https://www.mathematicsmagazine.com/Articles/TheSumerianMathematicalSystem.php) “Babylon, Ancient City in Mesopotamia” Britannica (https://www.britannica.com/place/Babylon-ancient-city-Mesopotamia-Asia) “The Confusing Case of the Traveller’s Watch” Development of Clocks, GMT, Railway Time & More, Royal Museums Greenwich (https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time/time-greenwich-mean-time-confusing-case-travellers-watch) “180 Years of Railway Time” Network Rail (GB): https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/180-years-of-railway-time/ “Standardising Time: Railways and Electric Telegraph” Science Museum (https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/standardising-time-railways-and-electric-telegraph) Fleming, Sandford. “Terrestrial Time: A Proposal for Worldwide Standard Time.” Transactions of the Canadian Institute, 1879. “A Brief History of Atomic Time” National Institute of Standards and Technology (https://www.nist.gov/atomic-clocks/brief-history-atomic-time) History of Time, Timekeeping, Metrology Who invented Minutes? How Were Seconds invented? How do clocks work? How do atomic clocks work? CHAPTERS: 0:00 Tick Tock 2:58 Ancient Timekeeping 5:15 Timekeeping in Ancient Egypt 10:03 Maths in Mesopotamia 15:22 Pars Minuta 17:08 Mechanical Clocks 20:39 Railway Time 22:41 Greenwich Meantime 23:51 Quartz Clocks 26:18 Atomic Clocks