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Revised Questioning the Millennium

In the bestselling short-history format of Longitude and How the Irish Saved Civilization, this elegant volume by the author of such well-known works as The Panda's Thumb and The Flamingo's Smile explores the rational and religious roots of human fascination with the millennium.

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Title of ebook: Revised Questioning the Millennium
ISBN: 9780609606100
parent-ISBN: 9780609600764
Publisher: Crown
Published: 09-2000
Released online for download: 09-01-2000
Author of eBook: Gould, Stephen Jay

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Contents

PREFACE Our Precisely Arbitrary Millenium...........................13 1 WHAT?...........................................................25 Redefining the Millenium: From Sacred Showdowns to Current Countdowns......................................................27 2 WHEN?...........................................................99 Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate (DDDD = 2000)..................................................101 3 WHY?...........................................................129 Part One: Bloody-Minded Nature.................................131 Part Two: Five Weeks...........................................163 ILLUSTRATION CREDITS...............................................181 INDEX..............................................................183

CHAPTER ONE

REDEFINING THE MILLENNIUM:
FROM SACRED SHOWDOWNS TO
CURRENT COUNTDOWNS

OUR NEED FOR MEANING

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