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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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
- 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
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Very Short Introductions |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780192804990 |
| ISBN-10: | 0192804995 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Holford-Strevens, Leofranc |
| Hersteller: |
Oxford University Press
Very Short Introductions |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
| Maße: | 177 x 114 x 12 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Leofranc Holford-Strevens |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.08.2005 |
| Gewicht: | 0,141 kg |
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