Caesar’s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History (Sather Classical Lectures)
Caesar’s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History (Sather Classical Lectures) The ancient Romans changed more than the map of the world when they conquered so much of it; they altered the way historical time itself is marked and understood. In this brilliant, erudite, and exhilarating book Denis Feeney investigates time and its contours [...]
The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely
The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely In this pathbreaking philosophical work, Elizabeth Grosz points the way toward a theory of becoming to replace the prevailing ontologies of being in social, political, and biological discourse. Arguing that theories of temporality have significant and underappreciated relevance to the social dimensions of science and the [...]
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The 8 Calendars of the Maya: The Pleiadian Cycle and the Key to Destiny
The 8 Calendars of the Maya: The Pleiadian Cycle and the Key to Destiny ISBN13: 9781591431053 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Mayan daykeeper Hunbatz Men reveals the multi-calendar system of [...]
Breaking the Time Barrier: The Race to Build the First Time Machine
Breaking the Time Barrier: The Race to Build the First Time Machine IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME….Once widely considered an impossibility–the stuff of science fiction novels–time travel may finally be achieved in the twenty-first century. In Breaking the Time Barrier, bestselling author Jenny Randles reveals the nature of recent, breakthrough experiments that are [...]
Time’s Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World
Time’s Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World A triumph of interdisciplinary scholarship” (Publishers Weekly)-Time’s Pendulum is a lively, fascinating history of 4,000 years of timekeeping. A perfect balance of science, history, and sociology, Time’s Pendulum traces the important developments in humankind’s epic quest [...]
A Man Beyond Time
A Man Beyond Time Taking place across the boundaries of time, this riveting, romantic adventure asserts the plausibility of time travel through scientific fact as Dr. Greg Philips travels down a twisting road to right a terrible wrong from his past. After being engaged by the U.S. government to scientifically validate out-of-body remote-viewing espionage, Dr. [...]
The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images (Explorations in Anthropology Series)
The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images (Explorations in Anthropology Series) Time – relentless, ever-present but intangible and the single element over which human beings have no absolute control – has long proved a puzzle. The author examines the phenomenon of time and asks such fascinating questions as how time impinges [...]