The march of time : evolving conceptions of time in the light of scientific discoveries /
The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to reconstruct the evolution of our changing conceptions of time in the light of scientific discoveries. It will adopt a new perspective and organize the material around three central themes, which run through our history of time reckoning: cosmology and re...
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| Formaat: | E-boek |
| Taal: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2013.
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| Samenvatting: | The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to reconstruct the evolution of our changing conceptions of time in the light of scientific discoveries. It will adopt a new perspective and organize the material around three central themes, which run through our history of time reckoning: cosmology and regularity; stasis and flux; symmetry and asymmetry. It is the physical criteria that humans choose - relativistic effects and time-symmetric equations or dynamic-kinematic effects and asymmetric conditions - that establish our views on the nature of time. This book will defend a dynamic rather than a static view of time. |
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| Fysieke beschrijving: | 1 online resource (IX, 284 pages) 71 illustration. |
| ISBN: | 9783642353475 |