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THE CALENDAR - The 5000-year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens - and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days
de Duncan, David Ewing
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1857029798
- ISBN 13
- 9781857029796
- Librería
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
London: Fourth Estate, 1999. Book. Illus. by Andy Bridge;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. (xviii) 360 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Andy Bridge. The Contents are: A Net Cast Over Time; A Chronology of Events; A Lone Genius Proclaims the Truth About Time; Luna: Temptress of Time; Caesar Embraces the Sun; A Flaming Cross of Gold; Time Stands Still; Monks Dream While Counting on Their Fingers; Charlemagne's Sandglass; The Strange Journey of 365.242199; From the House of Wisdom to Darkest Europe; Latinorum Penuria - The Poverty of the Latins; The Battle Over Time; From the Black Death to Copernicus; Solving the Riddle of Time; Ten Days Lost For Ever; and Living on Atomic Time; followed by an index..
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Detalles
- Librería
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 229262
- Título
- THE CALENDAR - The 5000-year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens - and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days
- Autor
- Duncan, David Ewing
- Ilustrador
- Andy Bridge;
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Edición
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1857029798
- ISBN 13
- 9781857029796
- Editorial
- Fourth Estate
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Tamaño
- 12mo
- Palabras clave
- science; gregorian calendar; religion; superstition; ancient egypt; india; islam islamic; clock; astronomy; mathematics;
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History - General;
Términos de venta
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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Sobre el vendedor
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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Burlington, Ontario
Sobre W. Fraser Sandercombe
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
