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Aveni ...explores the interplay of culture and time in this edifying and readable cross-cultural study of timekeeping through the ages. -The Sciences

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"A good book on time is a rare thing: it requires history; it requires anthropology; it requires astronomy; and it requires physics... As an anthropologist and astronomer known for his detailed work on the archaeo-astronomy of south and central American cultures, [Aveni] speaks with special authority on the fascinating practices of the Mayan and Aztec cultures and their extraordinary fastidiousness with regard to the marking and meaning of time. But detailed knowledge and good judgement are not sufficient to produce a successful book. Aveni achieves that distinction by virtue of the fact that he also possesses a wonderfully eloquent and engaging prose style that carries the reader through fact after fact that could so easily have ossified into a list of deadly dullness. 'Empires of Time' is one of the best books on a scientific theme for the serious general reader that I have read for some time." -- The Times Higher Education Supplement.

Empires of Time

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    A Paperback by Anthony Aveni

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      Publisher University Press of Colorado
      Published 10 February 2002
      ISBN-13 9780870816727
      978-0870816727
      ISBN-10 0870816721
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Aveni ...explores the interplay of culture and time in this edifying and readable cross-cultural study of timekeeping through the ages. -The Sciences

      Trade Review
      "A good book on time is a rare thing: it requires history; it requires anthropology; it requires astronomy; and it requires physics... As an anthropologist and astronomer known for his detailed work on the archaeo-astronomy of south and central American cultures, [Aveni] speaks with special authority on the fascinating practices of the Mayan and Aztec cultures and their extraordinary fastidiousness with regard to the marking and meaning of time. But detailed knowledge and good judgement are not sufficient to produce a successful book. Aveni achieves that distinction by virtue of the fact that he also possesses a wonderfully eloquent and engaging prose style that carries the reader through fact after fact that could so easily have ossified into a list of deadly dullness. 'Empires of Time' is one of the best books on a scientific theme for the serious general reader that I have read for some time." -- The Times Higher Education Supplement.

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