Answer Archive #3: A Strange History of the Calendar

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Answer Archive's third episode examines the history of the calendar.  Have you ever wondered how exactly we got our current calendar? Was it always 12 months? How did they end up with 365 as the number of days? And why on earth do we have leap days, much less leap seconds? Writer and producer Daniel Seehausen is here to answer all of these questions and more in the podcast that answers the questions you never thought to ask.

Sources:

In Search of Time: The History, Physics, and Philosophy of Time

It's About Time: From Calendars and Clocks to Moon Cycles and Light Years - A History

Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year

Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its History

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