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The History of Time (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The History of TimeWhy do we measure time in the way that we do? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? This book explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of examples, from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 11 August 2005
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: History Of Science | Popular Science | Time (chronology), Time Systems & Standards
- ISBN 13: 9780192804990 ISBN 10: 0192804995
- Sales rank: 107,778
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Full description for The History of Time
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.
