Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E.G. Richards.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xxi, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0192862057
  • 9780192862051
  • 0198504136
  • 9780198504139
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The calendar in theory : The calendar -- The astronomical background -- Time and the clock -- Writing and libraries -- Numbers and arithmetic -- The variety of calendars -- The reform of the calendar -- The calendars of the world : Introduction -- Prehistoric calendars -- The calendars of Babylon and the Near East -- The Egyptian calendar -- The calendars of China and East Asia -- The calendars of India -- The Mayan and Aztec calendars -- Four European calendars -- The Roman and Julian calendars -- The Jewish calendar -- The Islamic and Baha'i calendars -- The Gregorian calendar -- The French Republican calendar -- The week -- Calendar conversions : Calendar conversions -- Mathematical notes -- To calculate the day of the week -- The conversion of regular calendars -- The Jewish calendar -- The Mayan calendar -- Easter : A short history of Easter -- The date of Easter Sunday -- A book of hours -- Astronomical constants -- The names of the days of the week -- The names of the days of the year in the French Republican calendar.
Summary: Richards recounts the feats of science and mathematics, from Babylonian astronomers, Mayan priests, Roman emperors, Chinese oracles, to medieval monks, that have given us the modern Gregorian calendar. He also notes earlier, extremely accurate calendars developed by the Saka, Islamic, Celtic, Hindu, and Hebrew peoples.

"First published in 1998"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.

The calendar in theory : The calendar -- The astronomical background -- Time and the clock -- Writing and libraries -- Numbers and arithmetic -- The variety of calendars -- The reform of the calendar -- The calendars of the world : Introduction -- Prehistoric calendars -- The calendars of Babylon and the Near East -- The Egyptian calendar -- The calendars of China and East Asia -- The calendars of India -- The Mayan and Aztec calendars -- Four European calendars -- The Roman and Julian calendars -- The Jewish calendar -- The Islamic and Baha'i calendars -- The Gregorian calendar -- The French Republican calendar -- The week -- Calendar conversions : Calendar conversions -- Mathematical notes -- To calculate the day of the week -- The conversion of regular calendars -- The Jewish calendar -- The Mayan calendar -- Easter : A short history of Easter -- The date of Easter Sunday -- A book of hours -- Astronomical constants -- The names of the days of the week -- The names of the days of the year in the French Republican calendar.

Richards recounts the feats of science and mathematics, from Babylonian astronomers, Mayan priests, Roman emperors, Chinese oracles, to medieval monks, that have given us the modern Gregorian calendar. He also notes earlier, extremely accurate calendars developed by the Saka, Islamic, Celtic, Hindu, and Hebrew peoples.

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The Calendar and its History

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