Mapping time: the calendar and its history
Auteur :
Richards
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780192862051
Date de publication :
7 oct. 1999
Dimensions :
19,7 x 12,9 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
484 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Containing chapters on the nature of calendars and on their astronomical background, on the history of writing and counting, on the week, and on the history of calendar reform, this book serves as an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world.