Mapping Time
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-850413-9 (ISBN)
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This volume contains descriptions of a selection of the calendars of the world and their history. There are introductory chapters on the nature of calendars, their astronomical background and the history of writing and counting. There are also chapters on the week and on the history of calendar reform. There is a section on methods of converting dates in one calendar to dates in another which are suitable for implementation on a hand calculator or computer; these include a discussion of the calculation of the date of Easter. The book is intended for the general reader rather than for the specialist but contains much material not otherwise easily accessible.
List of tables. List of algorithms. List of illustrations. Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Calendar in Theory. 1: The Calendar. 2: The Astronomical Background. 3: Time and the Clock. 4: Writing and Libraries. 5: Numbers and Arithmetic. 6: The Variety of Calendars. 7: The Reform of the Calendar. Part II: The Calendars of the World. 8: Introduction. 9: Prehistoric Calendars. 10: The Calendars of Babylon and the Near East. 11: The Egyptian Calendar. 12: The Calendars of China and Eastern Asia. 13: The Calendars of India. 14: The Mayan and Aztec Calendars. 15: Four European Calendars. 16: The Roman and Julian Calendar. 17: The Jewish Calendar. 18: The Islamic and Bahai's Calendars. 19: The Gregorian Calendar. 20: The French Republican Calendar. 21: The Week. Part III: Calendar Conversions. 22: Calendar Conversions. 23: Mathematical Notes. 24: To Calculate the Day of the Week. 25: The Conversion of Regular Calendars. 26: The Jewish Calendar. 27: The Maya Calendar. Part IV: Easter. 28: A Short History of Easter. 29: The Date of Easter Sunday. 30: A Book of Hours. Appendices. I Astronomical Constants: . II The Names of the Days of the Week: . III The Names of the Days of the Year in the French Republican Calendar: . IV Glossary. V Further reading. Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.1.1999 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 70 halftones, 4 line figures, bibliography, glossary, further reading, index |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-850413-6 / 0198504136 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-850413-9 / 9780198504139 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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