1997, ISBN: 0609600761

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[EAN: 9780609600764], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: New York, Harmony], BOOK IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, KULTURANTHROPOLOGIE, AMERICANA, SACHBUCH SACHBÜCHER, KULTUREPOCHEN, KULTURTECHNIK… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780609600764], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: New York, Harmony], BOOK IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, KULTURANTHROPOLOGIE, AMERICANA, SACHBUCH SACHBÜCHER, KULTUREPOCHEN, KULTURTECHNIKEN, KALENDER, KULTURGESCHICHTE, RELIGION, RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE, Jacket, 190 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen. Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. In this slender volume, Stephen Jay Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical combination of erudition, warmth and whimsy: As a calendrical event, what is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ's 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly will the millennium begin--January 1, 2000 or January 2, 2001? "Our urge to know is so great, but our common errors cut so deep. You just gotta love us," he states disarmingly in the preface. "And you gotta view misguided millennial passion as a primary example of our uniqueness and our absurdity--in other words, of our humanity." Gould's own curiosity about time and calendars was triggered by a 1950 issue of Life magazine, which cut the century in half with its evaluation of what had happened and its prediction of things to come, propelling his third-grade mind to the year 2000. In Questioning the Millennium, Gould promises to make no predictions (other than "an orgy of millennial books"); court no millennial epiphanies; and put forth no theories on the collective angst that typically accompanies a century's end. Instead, he answers the millennial questions which, for him, represent the intersection of undeniable reality (natural fact) and human interpretation. Gould's questions and learned answers, weaving many historical and scientific facts, are a loving inquiry into the human need for order in a vast and teeming universe. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 290 Halbleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Dieses Buch ist in englischer Sprache., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780609600764

Erstausgabe 190 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen. Halbleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Dieses Buch ist in englischer Sprache. Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. In this slender… Mehr…

Erstausgabe 190 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen. Halbleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Dieses Buch ist in englischer Sprache. Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. In this slender volume, Stephen Jay Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical combination of erudition, warmth and whimsy: As a calendrical event, what is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ's 1, 000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly will the millennium begin--January 1, 2000 or January 2, 2001? "Our urge to know is so great, but our common errors cut so deep. You just gotta love us, " he states disarmingly in the preface. "And you gotta view misguided millennial passion as a primary example of our uniqueness and our absurdity--in other words, of our humanity." Gould's own curiosity about time and calendars was triggered by a 1950 issue of Life magazine, which cut the century in half with its evaluation of what had happened and its prediction of things to come, propelling his third-grade mind to the year 2000. In Questioning the Millennium, Gould promises to make no predictions (other than "an orgy of millennial books"); court no millennial epiphanies; and put forth no theories on the collective angst that typically accompanies a century's end. Instead, he answers the millennial questions which, for him, represent the intersection of undeniable reality (natural fact) and human interpretation. Gould's questions and learned answers, weaving many historical and scientific facts, are a loving inquiry into the human need for order in a vast and teeming universe. Versand D: 3,00 EUR Book, written, english, Kulturanthropologie, Americana, Sachbuch, Sachbücher, Kulturepochen, Kulturtechniken, Kalender, Kulturgeschichte, Religion, Religionsgeschichte, [PU:New York, Harmony,]<

1997, ISBN: 9780609600764

New York: Harmony Books, 1997., 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12 mo., hardcover, Fine, in Fine black pictorial dj. First Edition. 190 pages. An inquiry into time and its milestones, he s… Mehr…

New York: Harmony Books, 1997., 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12 mo., hardcover, Fine, in Fine black pictorial dj. First Edition. 190 pages. An inquiry into time and its milestones, he shares interest and insights with readers. Asks and answers 3 major questions: what is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shitfed? ; how did the name for a future thousand-year reign of Christ on earth get transferred to a secular peroiod of a thousand years; when did millennim begin Jan 1, 2000 or 2001? good reading., New York: Harmony Books, 1997., 1997, 5<

1997, ISBN: 9780609600764

New York: Harmony, 1997. 5th ptg . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-609-60076-1. Indexed. Dedicated to Carl Sagan R. Van der Weyden dj art. fine, fine dj, red & black b… Mehr…

New York: Harmony, 1997. 5th ptg . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-609-60076-1. Indexed. Dedicated to Carl Sagan R. Van der Weyden dj art. fine, fine dj, red & black bds. Clean, tight 190 pgs, Harmony, 1997, 5<