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Bolti ár: 3350 Ft
Internetes ár: 3015 Ft (10% kedvezmény)
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Borító: Ragasztott
ISBN: 9780192804990
Nyelv: angol
Kiadás éve: 2005
Kiadó: Oxford University Press
Sorozat: Very Short Introductions
Kategóriák: Természettudomány
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An absorbing exploration of an aspect of our lives which we all take for granted
An accessible look at an immensely complicated subject, using original research and a range of tables and diagrams to fully explain the concepts involved
There is no comparable introduction to this subject available
Covers a wide range of cultures
Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar?
The organisation of time into hours, days, months and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realise. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five and then six-day weeks. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores these questions 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.
Preface
1: Principles of time measurement
2: Prehistory and history of the modern calendar
3: Weeks and seasons
4: Easter
5: Other calendars
6: Marking the year
7: Dividing the day
Further Reading
Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford University Press
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