Mapping Time - The Calendar and its History (Paperback, Revised)

In this fascinating history of the accounting and charting of time, Richards describes the development of each of the most important calendars of the world, ancient and modern. He examines their astronomical background, the ways in which weeks, months and years were calculated in different societies and the long struggle over the centuries to agree a standard calendar (which did not happen until 1949). From the 'time maps' of prehistory and the ancient Egyptians to the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the sweep of this book is immense and its detail absorbing. (Kirkus UK)

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.Containing chapters on the nature of calendars and on their astronomical background, on the history of writing and counting, on the week, and on the history of calendar reform, this fascinating and highly entertaining book is the perfect guide to understanding the background of time in the run up to the Millennium.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	March 2000
Authors:	E.G. Richards (formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biophysics)
Dimensions:	196 x 129 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	438
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-286205-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Time (chronology) > General
LSN:	0-19-286205-7
Barcode:	9780192862051

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