History of Calendar Reforms
Technological advances led to the accuracy of our current calendar. Will they eliminate its existence? Today we can purchase oranges in the middle of winter and even grow rice in the Arctic. Changing seasons have fewer consequences in out interconnected and global world. Computer systems measure time in microseconds.
Intervals between events are measured in microseconds. Today we are able to measure the sidereal day, time taken by the earth to rotate on its axis relative to the stars, and is almost four minutes shorter than the solar day because of the earth's orbital motion, very accurately. When seen from that perspective, day, weeks, months and years are very arbitrary. They are simply our way to retrofitting time to older constructs.
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Intervals between events are measured in microseconds. Today we are able to measure the sidereal day, time taken by the earth to rotate on its axis relative to the stars, and is almost four minutes shorter than the solar day because of the earth's orbital motion, very accurately. When seen from that perspective, day, weeks, months and years are very arbitrary. They are simply our way to retrofitting time to older constructs.
History of Calendar Reforms
Technological advances led to the accuracy of our current calendar. Will they eliminate its existence? Today we can purchase oranges in the middle of winter and even grow rice in the Arctic. Changing seasons have fewer consequences in out interconnected and global world. Computer systems measure time in microseconds.
Intervals between events are measured in microseconds. Today we are able to measure the sidereal day, time taken by the earth to rotate on its axis relative to the stars, and is almost four minutes shorter than the solar day because of the earth's orbital motion, very accurately. When seen from that perspective, day, weeks, months and years are very arbitrary. They are simply our way to retrofitting time to older constructs.
Intervals between events are measured in microseconds. Today we are able to measure the sidereal day, time taken by the earth to rotate on its axis relative to the stars, and is almost four minutes shorter than the solar day because of the earth's orbital motion, very accurately. When seen from that perspective, day, weeks, months and years are very arbitrary. They are simply our way to retrofitting time to older constructs.
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| ISBN-13: | 9798823174633 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 01/06/2023 |
| Pages: | 322 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.67(d) |
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