A history of time

Summary: "The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five- and six-day weeks. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores the history of the measurement of time using a range of fascinating examples, from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the Leap Year to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0192804995 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780192804990 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The day -- Months and years -- Prehistory and history of the modern calendar -- Easter -- Weeks and seasons -- Other calendars -- Marking the year.