Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
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Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar by Steel
Tells the story of how the modern day calendar came about and how the calendar has changed through the years, with many different systems for defining the number of days in a week, the length of a month, and the number of days in a year.
..a fascinating book on all matters calendrical...(Sunday Telegraph, 20 April 2003)
DUNCAN STEEL is the author of Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets. He is a research astronomer at the Spaceguard Australia observation project and a specialist on astronomical timekeeping.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471404217 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471404217 |
| Title | Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar |
| Author | Steel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-12-25 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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