New York Public Library Book of Chronologies - Hardcover

The New York Public Library Book of Chronologies

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. vi, 634 pages. Tabular Data. Selected Bibliography. Index. This is a heavy and oversized book that, if sent outside of the United States, will require additional shipping charges. An authoritative one-volume reference of dates, events, people, places, and pastimes from prehistory to the present day. The contents covers Explorers and Exploration; Nations and Empires; Politics and Law; U.S. Business, Commerce, and Economics; Technology; The Arts; Religion, Philosophy, and Education; Architecture and Engineering Feats; Science; Necessities to Notoriety: An Omnium; War and Military History; Accidents and Disasters; Media, Entertainment, and Contemporary Music; and Sports. Bruce Wetterau spent over twenty years as a reference book author-eventually publishing thirteen reference books. Chronology (from Latin chronologia) is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events". Chronology is a part of periodization. It is also a part of the discipline of history including earth history, the earth sciences, and study of the geologic time scale. The fundamental problem of chronology is to synchronize events. By synchronizing an event it becomes possible to relate it to the current time and to compare the event to other events. Among historians, a typical need is to synchronize the reigns of kings and leaders in order to relate the history of one country or region to that of another. First U.S. Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Artikel-Nr. 89004

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