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Time: A Very Short Introduction
Taschenbuch von Jenann Ismael
Sprache: Englisch

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What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related philosophical aspects. It also discusses the psychological experience of time and insights from cognitive science.
What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related philosophical aspects. It also discusses the psychological experience of time and insights from cognitive science.
Über den Autor
Jenann Ismael is a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, Affiliate of the Zuckerman Institute, and member of FQXi. She taught at Stanford University and the University of Arizona before coming to Columbia. Ismael has held fellowships at the National Humanities Center, and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and a Queen Elizabeth II fellowship at the Centre for Time in Sydney. Her work has been supported by the Templeton Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, NEH, and the Foundational Questions Institute. She is the author of Essays on Symmetry (2001); The Situated Self (2007); and How Physics Makes Us Free (2016).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: History up through Newton

  • 2: From space and time to space-time: the era of Einstein

  • 3: Philosophical implications of the relativistic conception of time

  • 4: The direction of time

  • 5: The time of human experience

  • 6: The big picture and new horizons

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 111
Reihe: Very Short Introductions
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198832669
ISBN-10: 0198832664
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Klappenbroschur
Autor: Ismael, Jenann
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Abbildungen: 25 black and white images
Maße: 170 x 108 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Jenann Ismael
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,128 kg
preigu-id: 119696437
Über den Autor
Jenann Ismael is a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, Affiliate of the Zuckerman Institute, and member of FQXi. She taught at Stanford University and the University of Arizona before coming to Columbia. Ismael has held fellowships at the National Humanities Center, and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and a Queen Elizabeth II fellowship at the Centre for Time in Sydney. Her work has been supported by the Templeton Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, NEH, and the Foundational Questions Institute. She is the author of Essays on Symmetry (2001); The Situated Self (2007); and How Physics Makes Us Free (2016).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: History up through Newton

  • 2: From space and time to space-time: the era of Einstein

  • 3: Philosophical implications of the relativistic conception of time

  • 4: The direction of time

  • 5: The time of human experience

  • 6: The big picture and new horizons

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 111
Reihe: Very Short Introductions
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198832669
ISBN-10: 0198832664
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Klappenbroschur
Autor: Ismael, Jenann
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Abbildungen: 25 black and white images
Maße: 170 x 108 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Jenann Ismael
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,128 kg
preigu-id: 119696437
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