Empires of Time : Calendars,Clocks, and Cultures

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Empires of Time : Calendars,Clocks, and Cultures

Anthony F. Aveni

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Humanity has always felt a powerful need to impose scale and order on that most elusive and transient of elements: time. But what ends do our clocks and calenders really serve?

سب زمرہ:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

سال:

1989

ناشر کتب:

Basic Books

زبان:

english

صفحات:

383

ISBN 10:

1568360738

ISBN 13:

9781568360737

فائل:

PDF, 153.06 MB

IPFS:

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english, 1989

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