The story of time / Kristen Lippincott [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Merrell Holberton, 1999Edition: [1st edition]Description: 304 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1858940729
  • 9781858940724
  • 1858940737
  • 9781858940731
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Times / by Umberto Eco -- From observation to record : astronomy in prehistory and the early civilizations / by John North -- The principles and uses of calendars / by Silke Ackermann -- Mesoamerican and Andean timekeeping and calendars / by Anthony Aveni -- Time and space in Islam / by David A. King -- Cyclical and linear concepts of time in China / by Michael Loewe -- Cycles, seasons and stages of life : time in a Japanese context / by Joy Hendry -- Inuit time / by John MacDonald -- Of spheres and shadows / by Elly Dekker -- The growth of modern timekeeping / by Jonathan Betts -- The image of vanitas : efflorescence and evanescence / by Ivan Gaskell -- Time and the portrait / by Lorne Campbell -- Seasons and moments : time and nineteenth-century art / by John House -- "These fragments I have shored against my ruins" / by Marcia Pointon -- Art and time in the twentieth century / by Dawn Ades -- Music and time / by Iain Fenlon -- Does time heal? Time in the history of medicine / by Ken Arnold -- The history of anniversaries : time, number and sign / by E.H. Gombrich -- Time and history / by Felipe Fernández-Armesto -- Geologists' time : a brief history / by Martin Rudwick -- Australian aboriginal concepts of time / by Howard Morphy -- Egyptian time / by Anthony Spalinger -- Understanding the beginning and the end / by Martin Rees.
Review: "The Story of Time is a unique multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural exploration of every aspect of time across the Earth, from the earliest civilizations to the beginning of the third millennium. With original contributions from an outstanding cast of international authors, it questions people's perceptions of time and reflects the many ways in which cultures around the world have responded to time, measured time and expressed their understanding of time." "The Story of Time serves as an exceptionally stimulating and informative guide to all who wish to travel through the most universal yet mysterious of subjects. The book is published to coincide with a major exhibition being held at the Queen's House of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and with the celebration of the new millennium at the Royal Observatory, the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World and the point at which the new millennium begins."--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room BD620 .S76 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000049946
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room BD620 .S76 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000079588

Published in association with the National Maritime Museum.

Accompanies an exhibition held at The Queen's House, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, 1 December 1999--24 September 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index.

Times / by Umberto Eco -- From observation to record : astronomy in prehistory and the early civilizations / by John North -- The principles and uses of calendars / by Silke Ackermann -- Mesoamerican and Andean timekeeping and calendars / by Anthony Aveni -- Time and space in Islam / by David A. King -- Cyclical and linear concepts of time in China / by Michael Loewe -- Cycles, seasons and stages of life : time in a Japanese context / by Joy Hendry -- Inuit time / by John MacDonald -- Of spheres and shadows / by Elly Dekker -- The growth of modern timekeeping / by Jonathan Betts -- The image of vanitas : efflorescence and evanescence / by Ivan Gaskell -- Time and the portrait / by Lorne Campbell -- Seasons and moments : time and nineteenth-century art / by John House -- "These fragments I have shored against my ruins" / by Marcia Pointon -- Art and time in the twentieth century / by Dawn Ades -- Music and time / by Iain Fenlon -- Does time heal? Time in the history of medicine / by Ken Arnold -- The history of anniversaries : time, number and sign / by E.H. Gombrich -- Time and history / by Felipe Fernández-Armesto -- Geologists' time : a brief history / by Martin Rudwick -- Australian aboriginal concepts of time / by Howard Morphy -- Egyptian time / by Anthony Spalinger -- Understanding the beginning and the end / by Martin Rees.

"The Story of Time is a unique multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural exploration of every aspect of time across the Earth, from the earliest civilizations to the beginning of the third millennium. With original contributions from an outstanding cast of international authors, it questions people's perceptions of time and reflects the many ways in which cultures around the world have responded to time, measured time and expressed their understanding of time." "The Story of Time serves as an exceptionally stimulating and informative guide to all who wish to travel through the most universal yet mysterious of subjects. The book is published to coincide with a major exhibition being held at the Queen's House of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and with the celebration of the new millennium at the Royal Observatory, the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World and the point at which the new millennium begins."--Jacket.

31560000049946 2322

Scholarly broad based work on history of timekeeping and exhibition catalog for the mi9llenium exhibit by the same name at Greenich UK, profusly illustrated

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