The Ordering of Time
Subtitle: From the Ancient Computus to the Modern Computer
Contributors: Andrew Winnard (Translator)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 1, 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780226066592
First sentence: In his book Time: An Essay (1984), the sociologist Norbert Elias examines the history of the European calendar, providing illuminating comparisons between different epochs.