The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction by Leofranc Holford-Strevens

The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Leofranc Holford-Strevens

144 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative fast-paced
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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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