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The adventure spans the world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in Washington, the world's official timekeeper since the 1960s. We visit cultures from Vedic India and Cleopatra's Egypt to Byzantium and the... read more
Summary
From the earliest recorded date (4236 BC), people have tried to organize their lives according to the movements of the sun, moon and stars--and have, for the most part, consistently gotten it wrong. This book outlines the history of man's reckoning of time, ranging from one of the earliest... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
First Sentence
Seven centuries ago a sickly English friar dispatched a strident mis to Rome.
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Authors & Contributors
- David Ewing Duncan (Author)
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