A Short History of Time by Leofranc Holford-Strevens

137 pages first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history science challenging informative fast-paced
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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar?The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immu...

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