Isbn: 9780471298274 - marking time: the epic quest to invent the perfect calendar (20 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. John Wiley & Sons Historical Books (John Wiley & Sons) Marking Time (NM) Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Product Line: Historical Books (John Wiley & Sons) Type: Hardcover Copyright Date: 1999 Author: Duncan Steel Page Count: 432 Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is NM. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: 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, William the Conqueror, and Isaac Newton to present-day proposals to reform our calendar, this entertaining read also presents ""timely"" tidbits that will take you across the full span of recorded history. Find out how and why comets have been used as clocks, why there is no year zero between 1 B.C. and A.D. 1, and why for centuries Britain and its colonies rang in the New Year on March 25th. Marking Time will leave you with a sense of awe at the haphazard nature of our calendar's development. Once you've read this eye-opening book, you'll never look at the calendar the same way again.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 422 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Starting with Stonehenge and the first written records of the year and thee day by the Sumerians around 3,500 B.C. this book charts the calendar's ever-changing, erratic trajectory." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condizione: New. Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar. Book.

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Hardback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 422 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condizione: New. pp. ix + 422 Illus.

Hardback. Condizione: New.

Gebunden. Condizione: New. InhaltsverzeichnisKlappentextDid you know? . . .Russia s October Revolution in 1917 actually occurred on November 7thFor centuries, Britain and the colonies rang in the New Year on March 25thThe Roman Empire .

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