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

Gould, Stephen Jay

ISBN 10: 0674061640 / ISBN 13: 9780674061644

Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Har, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, Revised Edition
• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Har
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674061640
• ISBN 13: 9780674061644
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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?

About the Author

Stephen Jay Gould was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow, he received innumerable honors and awards and wrote many books, including Ontogeny and Phylogeny and Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle (both from Harvard).