[PDF.96sx] Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its History

Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its History

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 | #421353 in Books |  2000-03-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.00 x1.10 x7.70l,1.13 | File type: PDF | 464 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Most thorough general audience book on time and calendars|By Gerry 73|This is the most thorough general audience book on time and calendars I've found. Others I've read usually misinterpreted details. It's no wonder Richards was chosen to write the "Calendars" chapter of the 3rd edition of the "Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac."|0 of 0 people found the follow| ||"The author's style is both precise and appealing.... Intriguing and compelling...offers...much to ponder about the relationship of calendars and culture."--Frederick Pratter, Christian Science Monitor||"Richard's compendious history of the calendar

This fascinating book draws together a wealth of diverse material on the much-trusted (and rarely disputed) phenomenon we know as the calendar. From the fundamentals of astronomy to the world's ancient time-keeping schemes, to the development of the modern-day calendar, to the precise calculation of when specific dates occur (as in how one arrives at the date for Easter Sunday), this is a skillful yet approachable discussion of the calendar from both the historical and c...

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