The Calendar

Measuring Time

Jacqueline de Bourgoing (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2001
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-30106-7 (ISBN)

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Observing many cultures - the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese, the Maya and the Aztec - and also looking at the modern western calendar, with its long and tumultuous history, this book traces the scientific, technical and political history of calendars.

The calendar is an indispensable tool for civilized life, allowing people to order the past, present and future and to record events. Many cultures developed independent calendar systems, including the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese, and the Maya and Aztecs. The modern western calendar, accepted today as the global standard, is the fruit of a long and tumultuous history.

Jacqueline de Bourgoing holds degrees in geography and serves on the faculty of the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. She is active with French television's History channel, for which she has produced a series on the history of the calendar.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2001
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons
Zusatzinfo	11 Illustrations, black and white; 109 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	125 x 180 mm
Gewicht	230 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-500-30106-9 / 0500301069
ISBN-13	978-0-500-30106-7 / 9780500301067
Zustand	Neuware