LEADER 01942oam 22005291 450 001 9910792112803321 005 20240102113141.0 010 $a0-19-151706-2 010 $a1-280-75281-5 010 $a1-4294-5973-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000326561 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422615 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233670 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75281 035 $a(OCoLC)437108995 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000326561 100 $a20050708d2005 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 181 $ccr$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of time $ea very short introduction /$fLeofranc Holford-Strevens 210 1$a[Oxford] :$cOxford University Press,$dc2005. 215 $a1 online resource (144 pages) $cillustrations, map 225 1 $aA very short introduction 311 0 $a0-19-280499-5 311 0 $a0-19-177607-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index. 327 $aThe day -- Months and years -- Prehistory and history of the modern calendar -- Easter -- Weeks and seasons -- Other calendars -- Marking the year. 330 8 $aWhy do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? An introduction to time, this work presents original research and a range of tables and diagrams to fully explain the concepts involved. 410 0$aVery short introductions. 606 $aCalendar$xHistory 615 0$aCalendar$xHistory. 676 $a529/.3/09 700 $aHolford-Strevens$b Leofranc$0171208 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792112803321 996 $aA history of time$93809046 997 $aUNINA