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Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown

By Stephen Jay Gould

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780674063341
DOI
10.4159/harvard.9780674063341
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25352839 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
224\221
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-11-01 09:17:13

Description

Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical erudition, warmth, and whimsy: 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 does the millennium begin—January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?

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