Calendrical Tabulations, 1900-2200 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521782531)

This comprehensive collection of calendars could only have been assembled by the authors of the definitive text on calendar algorithms, Calendrical Calculations. Using the algorithms outlined in their earlier book, Reingold and Dershowitz have achieved the near impossible task of simultaneously displaying the date on thirteen different calendars over a three-hundred year period. Represented here are the Gregorian, ISO, Hebrew, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopic, Persian, Hindu lunar, Hindu solar, and Islamic calendars; another three are easily obtained from the tables with minimal arithmetic (JD, R.D., and Julian). The tables also include phases of the moon, dates of solstices and equinoxes, and religious and other special holidays for all the calendars shown. These beautifully-produced tables will be of use for centuries by anyone with an interest in calendars and the societies that produce them.

Author: Edward M. Reingold,Nachum Dershowitz
ISBN-10: 0521782538
ISBN-13: 9780521782531
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2002
Pages: 636
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.30lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.90w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2003 pg. 1162