SOURCE: “Solving the Riddle of Time,” in Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year, Avon Books, Inc., 1998, pp. 187-208.
In the following essay, Duncan recounts the efforts of those involved in the Gregorian calendar reform, the technical difficulties they faced, and the reaction to their work.
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