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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Mapping Time is an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world, from antiquity to modern times. There are descriptions of prehistoric calendars, of those devised by the Egiptians, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and other civilizations, of the short-lived French Republican calendar. This fascinating and highly entertaining book is the perfect guide to understanding the background of time in the run up to the millennium.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.
-List of Tables.

-List of Algorithms.

-List of Illustrations.

-Introduction.

-Part I. The Calendar in Theory.

-1. The Calendar.
-2. The Astronomical Background.
-3. Time and the Clock.
-4. Writing and Libraries.
-5. Numbers and Arithmetic.
-6. The Variety of Calendars.
-7. The Reform of the Calendar.

-Part II. The Calendars of the World.

-8. Introduction.
-9. Phehistoric Calendars.
-10. The Calendars of Babylon and the Near East.
-11. The Egyptean Calendar.
-12. The Calendars of China and East Asia.
-13. The Calendars of India.
-14. The Mayan and Aztec Calendars.
-15. Four European Calendars.
-16. The Roman and Julian Calendars.
-17. The Jewish Calendar.
-18. The Islamic and Bahá'i Calendars.
-19. The Gregorian Calendar.
-20. The French Republican Calendar.
-21. The Week.

-Part III. Calendar Conversions.

-22. Calendar Conversions.
-23. Mathematical Notes.
-24. To Calculate the Day of the Week.
-25. The Conversion of Regular Calendars.
-26. The Jewish Calendar.
-27. The Mayan Calendar.

-Part IV. Easter.

-28. A Short History of Easter.
-29. The Date of Easter Sunday.
-30. A Book of Hours.

-Appendices.

-I. Astronomical Constants.
-II. The Names of the Days of the Week.
-III. The Names of the Days of the Year in the French Republican.

-Glossary.

-Further Reading.

-Index.