MAPPING TIME REV/E

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-286205-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 197 mm, Gewicht: 484 g

Mapping Time is an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world, from antiquity to modern times. There are descriptions of prehistoric calendars, of those devised by the Egyptians, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and other civilizations, of the short-lived French Republican calendar, which introduced a ten-day week, and of our present-day Gregorian calendar. This fascinating and
highly entertaining book is the perfect guide to understanding the background of time in the run up to the millennium.

'an easily accessible mine of material'

TLS



'Richards makes even the most arcane complications arising from the accident of Earth's spin and orbit seem fascinating'

New Scientist

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richards, E. G.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Zeiterfassung, Chronologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Zeit: Philosophische, Psychologische, Soziale Aspekte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

E. G. (Edward Graham) Richards was formerly a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biophysics at King's College, University of London. His interest in the calendar was sparked when he wrote and published computer programmes for converting dates from one calendar to another. An historical note on the various calendars included in the exercise was intended to accompany the programmes but as the author's appetite for knowledge about the calendars grew, so did the note.
It eventually became, after many years of research, this book. Dr Richards and his wife live in London.