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Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E.G. Richards.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 438 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191585937
  • 0191585939
  • 0585154821
  • 9780585154824
  • 0198504136
  • 9780198504139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mapping time.DDC classification:
  • 529/.3 21
LOC classification:
  • CE11 .R5 1999eb
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Contents:
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.
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Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.

"First published in 1998"--Title page verso.

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.

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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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