Apocalypse When?

Aims

To show how:

  • calendars are essentially communication systems
  • calendars have evolved and changed over the past three millennia
  • significant calendar dates are inextricably linked with religions and cults
  • modern methods of timekeeping have led to adjustments in day length and year length
  • calendars are crucial to the successful operation of the digital world
 


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