Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
by Steel, Duncan
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0471298271
- ISBN 13
- 9780471298274
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"If you lie awake worrying about the overnight transition from December 31, 1 b.c., to January 1, a.d. 1 (there is no year zero), then you will enjoy Duncan Steel's Marking Time."--American Scientist "No book could serve as a better guide to the cumulative invention that defines the imaginary threshold to the new millennium."--Booklist A Fascinating March through History and the Evolution of the Modern-Day Calendar . . . In this vivid, fast-moving narrative, you'll discover the surprising story of how our modern calendar came about and how it has changed dramatically through the years. Acclaimed author Duncan Steel explores each major step in creating the current calendar along with the many different systems for defining the number of days in a week, the length of a month, and the number of days in a year. From the definition of the lunar month by Meton of Athens in 432 b.c. to the roles played by Julius Caesar...
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- Bookseller
- Inno Dubelaar Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 788332
- Title
- Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
- Author
- Steel, Duncan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0471298271
- ISBN 13
- 9780471298274
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
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