[PDF.56tl] Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, Revised Edition

Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, Revised Edition

[PDF.kc93] Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, Revised Edition

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 | #3987536 in Books |  2011-10-01 |  2011-08-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.97 x.55 x6.33l,.74 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| An enjoyable read|By ubpdqn|Note: this review refers to the 1997 edition.
A beloved child bought me this book after finding it in a second-hand bookstore (knowing my fondness for Stephen Jay Gould). This is a short work. In fact I read it on plane journey.

I enjoyed this book despite it being 11 or 12 years since the "millenial change" depending on one position| |With a humorous Everyman approach, Gould juggles a mind-boggling array of various calendrical concepts as he explains why creating a reliable calendar was one of man's greatest struggles. Whether nailing down the precise date of the birth of Christ or airing h

Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical erudition, warmth, and whimsy: What is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ’s 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly does the millennium begin―January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, Revised Edition   |  Stephen Jay Gould. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.

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