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Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year
David Ewing Duncan
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| #602559 in Books | Harper Perennial | 1999-06-01 | 1999-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.79 x5.25l,.55 | File type: PDF | 328 pages | Great product!||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A splendid blend of science and history|By James Jarvis|Duncan covers the determination of time measurement via religious uses of the moon versus the more distinct use of the sun for agricultural ends. Also covered especially well and in great detail is the loss of curiosity and knowledge by the Europeans in the centuries following the collapse of Rome and the retention of muc
The adventure spans the world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in Washington, the world's official timekeeper since the 1960s. We visit cultures from Vedic India and Cleopatra's Egypt to Byzantium and the Elizabethan court; and meet an impressive cast of historic personages from Julius Caesar to Omar Khayyam, and giants of science from Galileo and Co...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year | David Ewing Duncan. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.