Questioning the Millennium : A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown (Paperback)

from JBD1

Gould's musing on various aspects of the millennium. Fine, but nothing particularly earth-shattering.

from fist

So I read this about 15 years too late, since Stephen Jay Gould wrote this during the lead-up to the the year 2000. But even with such a delay, it remains an unmitigated pleasure to savour the intelligence and clarity of this author, as he debunks myths and superstitions around calendrics in razo...

from questbird

A small book about the follies and fascinations of calendrics, especially as they pertain to the (then) upcoming millennium. Gould explains the millennial fascination from a Christian and secular point of view. He delves into the oddities of calendars, which amuse him as a very human attempt to i...

from Devil_llama

Gould wrote this book in response to the panic about the approaching millennium. He dispassionately and eloquently dissects the various factions that promoted the idea of the end of the world - millenniarians. A little bit dated once the millennium passed, but still good reading.