Time Counts: The Story of the Calendar
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
In this fascinating and deeply researched historical study, author Harold Watkins presents Time Counts: The Story of the Calendar, an extensive exploration of how humanity has measured the passage of days, months, and eras. The narrative tracks the evolution of timekeeping systems from primitive prehistoric alignments and ancient Babylonian calculations to the political and religious restructuring that birthed the Julian and Gregorian calendars. More than just a technical chronicle of astronomy, Time Counts serves as a compelling socio-political critique, analyzing the quirks, complications, and structural inequalities built into our modern 12-month framework. Watkins—strongly supported by a foreword from Lord Merthyr, the Chairman of the British Advisory Council of the World Calendar Association—delves into mid-20th-century movements advocating for global calendar reform to simplify commerce and daily life. Complete with its original, vintage dust jacket and informative diagrams, this scarce 1954 first edition remains an invaluable reference copy for cultural historians, horologists, and collectors of classic science literature.
Author: Harold Watkins (With a Foreword by Lord Merthyr)
Format: Hardback
Genre: Astronomy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
In this fascinating and deeply researched historical study, author Harold Watkins presents Time Counts: The Story of the Calendar, an extensive exploration of how humanity has measured the passage of days, months, and eras. The narrative tracks the evolution of timekeeping systems from primitive prehistoric alignments and ancient Babylonian calculations to the political and religious restructuring that birthed the Julian and Gregorian calendars. More than just a technical chronicle of astronomy, Time Counts serves as a compelling socio-political critique, analyzing the quirks, complications, and structural inequalities built into our modern 12-month framework. Watkins—strongly supported by a foreword from Lord Merthyr, the Chairman of the British Advisory Council of the World Calendar Association—delves into mid-20th-century movements advocating for global calendar reform to simplify commerce and daily life. Complete with its original, vintage dust jacket and informative diagrams, this scarce 1954 first edition remains an invaluable reference copy for cultural historians, horologists, and collectors of classic science literature.