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144 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192804990
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 27 October 2005
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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 immu...
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144 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192804990
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 27 October 2005
Description
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 immu...