Posted in podcasts, tagged ancient, astronomy, cosmology, greeks, history of science, inca, inuit, maya, physics, prehistory, south america, time on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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This month, guest essayist Scott Lough concludes his exploration of time’s strange behavior, this time focusing on how early human societies understood and measured it.
Guest essay – Scott Lough, “The Weirdness of Time” (part 2)
for further reading:
Abel, K. Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History. [...]
Posted in podcasts, tagged astronomy, time, non-western, relativity, cattle, livestock, trade, commerce, mathematics, Africa, colonial, alternative medicine, agriculture on January 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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This episode explores two cases when we have realized that what we thought was common sense – well – wasn’t.
Guest essay – Scott Lough, “The Weirdness of Time” (part 1)
for further reading:
Anthony Aveni, Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures (UP of Colorado, 2002).
Scott [...]
