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that's a philosophical question. Why ask me?'.
Starting from this simple anecdote, Professor Whitrow takes us on a good-humored and wide-ranging tour of the thing that clocks keep (more or less). He discusses how our ideas of time originated; how far they are inborn in plants and animals; how time has been measured, from sundial and hourglass
to the caesium clock, and whether time possesses a beginning, a direction, and an end. He coaxes the diffident layman to contemplate with pleasure the differences between cyclic, linear, biological, cosmic, and space-time, and he provides frequent diversions into fascinating topics such as the
Mayan calendar, the migration of birds, the dances of bees, precognition, and the short, crowded lives of mu-mesons, particles produced by cosmic-ray showers that exist for just two millionths of a second.
This reissue of the classic and authoritative What is Time? includes a new introduction by Dr J. T. Fraser, founder of the International Society for the Study of Time, and a bibliographic essay by Dr Fraser and Professor M. P. Soulsby of the Pennsylvania State University.
that's a philosophical question. Why ask me?'.
Starting from this simple anecdote, Professor Whitrow takes us on a good-humored and wide-ranging tour of the thing that clocks keep (more or less). He discusses how our ideas of time originated; how far they are inborn in plants and animals; how time has been measured, from sundial and hourglass
to the caesium clock, and whether time possesses a beginning, a direction, and an end. He coaxes the diffident layman to contemplate with pleasure the differences between cyclic, linear, biological, cosmic, and space-time, and he provides frequent diversions into fascinating topics such as the
Mayan calendar, the migration of birds, the dances of bees, precognition, and the short, crowded lives of mu-mesons, particles produced by cosmic-ray showers that exist for just two millionths of a second.
This reissue of the classic and authoritative What is Time? includes a new introduction by Dr J. T. Fraser, founder of the International Society for the Study of Time, and a bibliographic essay by Dr Fraser and Professor M. P. Soulsby of the Pennsylvania State University.
Dr J. T. Fraser is the founder of the International Society for the Study of Time and author of several books including 'Time, Conflict, and Human Values' . He is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost expert on the study of time.
Professor Marlene P. Soulsby is Associate Professor in German and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University.
- Introduction
- 1: The Origin of Our Idea of Time
- 2: Time and Ourselves
- 3: Biological Clocks
- 4: The Measurement of Time
- 5: Time and Relativity
- 6: Time, Gravitation and the Universe
- 7: The Origin and Arrow of Time
- 8: The Significance of Time
- Appendix: Temporal Order in Special Relativity
- Bibliography
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 186 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780198607816 |
| ISBN-10: | 0198607814 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Whitrow, G. J.
Soulsby, Marlene P. |
| Orchester: | Soulsby, Marlene P. |
| Hersteller: | OUP Oxford |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 10 mm |
| Von/Mit: | G. J. Whitrow (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.12.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,205 kg |
Dr J. T. Fraser is the founder of the International Society for the Study of Time and author of several books including 'Time, Conflict, and Human Values' . He is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost expert on the study of time.
Professor Marlene P. Soulsby is Associate Professor in German and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University.
- Introduction
- 1: The Origin of Our Idea of Time
- 2: Time and Ourselves
- 3: Biological Clocks
- 4: The Measurement of Time
- 5: Time and Relativity
- 6: Time, Gravitation and the Universe
- 7: The Origin and Arrow of Time
- 8: The Significance of Time
- Appendix: Temporal Order in Special Relativity
- Bibliography
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 186 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780198607816 |
| ISBN-10: | 0198607814 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Whitrow, G. J.
Soulsby, Marlene P. |
| Orchester: | Soulsby, Marlene P. |
| Hersteller: | OUP Oxford |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 10 mm |
| Von/Mit: | G. J. Whitrow (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.12.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,205 kg |
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