The history of time : a very short introduction /
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 organisation of time into hours, days, months and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artific...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
133. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
