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Time
(Paperback)
John Baselmans
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R326
Discovery Miles 3 260
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In contrast to other publications this work discusses Nanoscience
strictly at the ultimate level where the properties of atomic
matter emerge. The renowned author presents an interdisciplinary
approach leading to the forefront of research of
quantum-theoretical aspects of time, selforganizing nanoprocesses,
brain functions, the matter-mind problem, behaviour research and
philosophical questions.
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The Universe is Not Dying
- A unified physics theory explaining the mysteries of dimensions, space, strings, matter, energy, light, time, particle spin, wave formation, black holes, quasars, and the energy-matter cycle
(Paperback)
James L. Jordan, Deovina N Jordan
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R991
Discovery Miles 9 910
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Of Clocks and Time takes readers on a five-stop journey through the
physics and technology (and occasional bits of applications and
history) of timekeeping. On the way, conceptual vistas and
qualitative images abound, but since mathematics is spoken
everywhere the book visits equations, quantitative relations, and
rigorous definitions are offered as well. The expedition begins
with a discussion of the rhythms produced by the daily and annual
motion of sun, moon, planets, and stars. Centuries worth of
observation and thinking culminate in Newton's penetrating
theoretical insights since his notion of space and time are still
influential today. During the following two legs of the trip, tools
are being examined that allow us to measure hours and minutes and
then, with ever growing precision, the tiniest fractions of a
second. When the pace of travel approaches the ultimate speed
limit, the speed of light, time and space exhibit strange and
counter-intuitive traits. On this fourth stage of the journey,
Einstein is the local tour guide whose special and general theories
of relativity explain the behavior of clocks under these
circumstances. Finally, the last part of the voyage reverses
direction, moving ever deeper into the past to explore how we can
tell the age of "things" - including that of the universe itself.
Of Clocks and Time takes readers on a five-stop journey through the
physics and technology (and occasional bits of applications and
history) of timekeeping. On the way, conceptual vistas and
qualitative images abound, but since mathematics is spoken
everywhere the book visits equations, quantitative relations, and
rigorous definitions are offered as well. The expedition begins
with a discussion of the rhythms produced by the daily and annual
motion of sun, moon, planets, and stars. Centuries worth of
observation and thinking culminate in Newton's penetrating
theoretical insights since his notion of space and time are still
influential today. During the following two legs of the trip, tools
are being examined that allow us to measure hours and minutes and
then, with ever growing precision, the tiniest fractions of a
second. When the pace of travel approaches the ultimate speed
limit, the speed of light, time and space exhibit strange and
counter-intuitive traits. On this fourth stage of the journey,
Einstein is the local tour guide whose special and general theories
of relativity explain the behavior of clocks under these
circumstances. Finally, the last part of the voyage reverses
direction, moving ever deeper into the past to explore how we can
tell the age of "things" - including that of the universe itself.
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