Questioning the millennium : a rationalist's guide to a precisely arbitrary countdown

Book 1997

A series of essays in which the author shares his interest and insights into the coming millenium, focusing on questions of calendrics, astronomy, and history.

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Two thousand, A.D

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ISBN:

9780609600764
0609600761

Edition:

First edition

Description:

190 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Preface: Our Precisely Arbitrary Millennium
1. What? Redefining the Millennium: From Sacred Showdowns to Current Countdowns
2. When? Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate (DDDD = 2000)
3. Why? Part One: Bloody-Minded Nature. Part Two: Five Weeks

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97006662

Control Number:

66080

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