Format:
Online-Ressource (114 p)
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ill
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18 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0192804995
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9780191517068
Series Statement:
A very short introduction
Content:
Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter. - ;Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar?. The organisation of time into hours, days, months and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realise. The French Revolution
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of illustrations""; ""1 The day""; ""2 Months and years""; ""3 Prehistory and history of the modern calendar""; ""4 Easter""; ""5 Weeks and seasons""; ""6 Other calendars""; ""7 Marking the year""; ""Appendices""; ""Further reading""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780192804990
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The History of Time : A Very Short Introduction
Language:
English
