
The Mystery of the Year
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Influence of Seasons on Timekeeping
This chapter examines how the seasons impact human activities like farming and hunting, intertwined with religious practices. It explores the historical significance of lunar and solar calendars, detailing the diverse methods cultures used to keep track of time. Additionally, it discusses the complexities of determining new moons and the evolution from observational to calculative systems in lunar calendars.
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What is a year, and how did we learn to track it? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli chart the evolution of calendars, from lunar to Gregorian, and even ponder timekeeping on Mars, with insights from history, religion, and science.
