Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
by Duncan Steel
Duncan Steel explores humanity’s enduring attempt to invent the perfect calendar. Combining history, science, and mathematics, Marking Time considers how people have sought to measure, organize, and standardize time—and why the seemingly simple calendar has proven such a challenging achievement.
About This Book
Marking Time examines the enduring challenge of creating a perfect calendar.
Duncan Steel explores the effort to measure and organize time with precision, focusing on the ideas behind calendar design.
Blending historical perspective with scientific and mathematical themes, the book considers why keeping time has remained such a complex human undertaking.
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