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Calcutta, once the nucleus of the Raj, was at the heart of a thriving economy and unparalleled administration. Over the
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Provides a historical look at the role time has played in civilization, from the local measure ruled by nature's se
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In Time and Philosophy, John McCumber presents a detailed survey of continental thought through a historical account of
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Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle
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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come
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This work documents the history of techniques that statisticians have used to manipulate economic, meteorological, biolo
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Most scholarly speculation on the origin of human language has centered around speech. However, the growing understandin
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If you have ever said (or felt) any of the following, then Cool Time is the solution for you: I spend more and more time
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This ambitious book explores the relationship between time and history and shows how an appreciation of long-term time h
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William Christian has restored material from the broadcast version of the lectures. His introduction places Grant's
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