The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Leofranc Holford-Strevens
I haven't seen any other works on the history of time, time-keeping, and calendrics. Well, any really, besides some on chronometers and sundials (and another one by this author). So, I was very excited when I picked this up. The scholarship in this work is fantastic and well-referenced. Unfortunately, it's a very dense read, and the author has an unengaging style and a tendency to employ very long winded and very academic phrasing. He also uses too much jargon. This is a very atypical entry in the series which, otherwise, I really love. The main problem is that it's not really an intro (the only other "Intro" I've read that was less appropriately titled was Heidegger's equally non-introductory "Introduction to Metaphysics"). It's a monograph, not an introduction.
May be of interest to some more academic types esp. in epistemology or history of ideas, but not for the educated lay reader that is the target of the VSI series. In short, well-researched and occasionally interesting in small doses, but not something you can read on your commute to work or at lunchtime.
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