TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richards,E.G.
TI  - Mapping time: the calendar and its history 
SN  - 9780191585937
AV  - CE11 .R5 1999eb
U1  - 529/.3 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Calendar
KW  - History
KW  - Calendars
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Time
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Kalenders
KW  - gtt
KW  - Tijdrekening
KW  - Related Historical Sciences
KW  - hilcc
KW  - History & Archaeology
KW  - Calendars & Chronologies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "First published in 1998"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index; pt. 1; Calendar in theory --; ch. 1; Calendar --; ch. 2; Astronomical background --; ch. 3; Time and the clock --; ch. 4; Writing and libraries --; ch. 5; Numbers and arithmetic --; ch. 6; Variety of calendars --; ch. 7; Reform of the calendar --; pt. 2; Calendars of the world --; ch. 8; Introduction --; ch. 9; Prehistoric calendars --; ch. 10; Calendars of Babylon and the Near East --; ch. 11; Egyptian calendar --; ch. 12; Calendars of China and East Asia --; ch. 13; Calendars of India --; ch. 14; Mayan and Aztec calendars --; ch. 15; Four European calendars --; ch. 16; Roman and Julian calendars --; ch. 17; Jewish calendar --; ch. 18; Islamic and Bah�ai calendars --; ch. 19; Gregorian calendar --; ch. 20; French Republican calendar --; ch. 21; Week --; pt. 3; Calendar conversions --; ch. 22; Calendar conversions --; ch. 23; Mathematical notes --; ch. 24; To calculate the day of the week --; ch. 25; Conversion of regular calendars --; ch. 26; Jewish calendar --; ch. 27; Mayan calendar --; pt. 4; Easter --; ch. 28; Short history of Easter --; ch. 29; Date of Easter Sunday --; ch. 30; Book of hours; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - Richards recounts the feats of science and mathematics, from Babylonian astronomers, Mayan priests, Roman emperors, Chinese oracles, to medieval monks, that have given us the modern Gregorian calendar. He also notes earlier, extremely accurate calendars developed by the Saka, Islamic, Celtic, Hindu, and Hebrew peoples
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