Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalists Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown

Gould, Stephen Jay

ISBN 10: 0609600761 / ISBN 13: 9780609600764

Published by Harmony Books, New York, 1991

About this Item

First edition. Hard cover binding, 190 pp. 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? New in new dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalists Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown
• Publisher: Harmony Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0609600761
• ISBN 13: 9780609600764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science and Nature

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Synopsis

The noted naturalist and author of Dinosaur in a Haystack sheds new light on humankind's fascination with the approaching millennium, offering a collection of scientific and historical essays on the millennium and its rational and spiritual significance. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

About the Author

Stephen Jay Gould was one of the most influential evolutionary biologists and most acclaimed science essayists of the 20th century. He died in May 2002. He was the author of numerous books, including The Lying Stones of Marrakech and Questioning the Millennium.