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The History of Time: A very Short Introduction
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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar? The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. For example, the French Revolution resulted in a restructuring …

Edition
10th. ed.
ISBN/ISSN
0192804995
Collation
xiv + 144pp.; 13 x 19,5 cm
Series Title
Very Short Introduction
Call Number
529.2 Hol t