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Questioning the millennium : a rationalist's guide to a precisely arbitrary countdown / Stephen Jay Gould.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0609600761
  • ISBN: 9780609600764
  • Physical Description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, ©1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject:
Two thousand, A.D.
Calendar > Social aspects.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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