Stephen Gould examines the phenomenon of the millennium, describing how the meaning of the word has evolved to its modern usage, and tackling the debate over wh... » 

Stephen Gould examines the phenomenon of the millennium, describing how the meaning of the word has evolved to its modern usage, and tackling the debate over whether the millennium ends in 1999 or the end of 2000AD. He also questions the human compulsion to impose our time-schemes on the universe. «