A history of time / Leofranc Holford-Strevens.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductionsPublisher: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 144 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0192804995
  • 9780192804990
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The day -- Months and years -- Prehistory and history of the modern calendar -- Easter -- Weeks and seasons -- Other calendars -- Marking the year.
Review: "The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five- and six-day weeks. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores the history of the measurement of time using a range of fascinating examples, from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the Leap Year to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter."--Jacket.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room CE11 .H65 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000039855

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.

The day -- Months and years -- Prehistory and history of the modern calendar -- Easter -- Weeks and seasons -- Other calendars -- Marking the year.

"The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five- and six-day weeks. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores the history of the measurement of time using a range of fascinating examples, from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the Leap Year to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter."--Jacket.

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A abreviated treatment of TIME, includng Day, Month, Year, Calendar, alternative calendars, Easter, Weeks, Seasons, with Glossary and Index

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