Ordering Time Ancient Computus by Borst Arno (10 results)
- Softcover
Seller: Bay State Book Company, North Smithfield, RI, U.S.A.Bay State Book Company
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£ 8.57
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Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing….
- Softcover
Seller: Bay State Book Company, North Smithfield, RI, U.S.A.Bay State Book Company
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£ 8.57
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Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing….
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
- Softcover
Seller: The Compleat Scholar, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.The Compleat Scholar
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. From former professor's library with owner's name on flyleaf. Shows wear, but spine is tight. Some foxing on edges.
Published by Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. (history of science, technology, science, time, middle ages) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Antiquariat Thomas Nonnenmacher, Freiburg, GermanyAntiquariat Thomas Nonnenmacher
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gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Sehr gut. IX, 168 Seiten Mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr gut erhalten. Mit kurzer Widmung des Autors mit Bleistift ("Mit herzlichem Dank A.B.) 074561258X Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 222.
- Hardcover
Seller: killarneybooks, Inagh, CLARE, Irelandkillarneybooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, ix + 168 pages, b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. Limited mild wear, book is clean and tight, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. A tiny nick to the upper edge of a few leaves. Dust jacket is gently shelfworn with sunning to t…he spine and flap edges, light creasing to edges, a touch of rubbing. -- This book is a concise history of the use and interpretation of time, written by one of the foremost historians in Europe today. Arno Borst examines the various ways that time has been calculated by numbers and measured by instruments through the ages, from the "computus" - an ancient method of determining times and dates - to the present-day computer. In a wide-ranging discussion, he analyses the classical Greek concepts of divine, natural and human time; the universal time of ancient Rome; the Easter cycle of the Middle Ages; the development of the mechanical clock in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; early modern chronology; and twentieth-century data processing. Borst argues that although many centuries and countless different instruments - sundials, horologia, abaci, astrolabes, calendars, and calculating machines - separate the "computus" from the modern computer, each generation throughout the ages has had to answer the same question: how can we make the best use of our available time to improve our lives? The computer, he suggests, is merely a new instrument employed for an ancient purpose. Lively and accessible, The Ordering of Time will be welcomed by students and researchers in social and cultural history, the history of science and mathematics, as well as anyone interested in the history of time and numbers.
- Softcover
Seller: Phatpocket Limited, Waltham Abbey, HERTS, United KingdomPhatpocket Limited
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£ 70.03
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
Published by New York: Polity Press, 1993., 1993
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.Ted Kottler, Bookseller
Contact seller3-star sellerFirst Edition in English, paperback (published simultaneously in cloth). Frontispiece (= Plate 1), x, 168 pp; 25 plates. Original wrappers. Very Good.
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 1994
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.BookManBookWoman Books
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£ 119.88
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. New. fine.Shelf CL104 Hardcover book never read or opened. No creases. Not price clipped. No marks. No previous owner names. No underlining .Not a remainder. Not ex library. Not a book club edition.Text complete and unmarked.
