The History Of Time: A Very Short Introduction

Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter.

• | By (Author): Leofranc (Oxford University Press) Holford-Strevens
• | Series: Very Short Introductions
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 11, 2005
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0192804995
• | ISBN-13: 9780192804990