Who, how and when decided to count to a second and was like “Yup. This is it. This is a second. This is how long a second is. Everybody on Earth will universally agree that this is how long a second is and use it regardless of culture, origin, intelligence or beliefs”?
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I want to add to all the good answers with a recommendation. Riley Knight did two episodes on the History of Clocks in his Half-Arsed History Podcast. [https://halfarsedhistory.net/2020/05/31/episode-101-the-history-of-clocks-part-1/](https://halfarsedhistory.net/2020/05/31/episode-101-the-history-of-clocks-part-1/) The podcast is a really fun listening experience if you like casually presented history.
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