The critical condition and historical motivation behind Time Studies The concept of time in the post-millennial age is undergoing a radical rethinking within the humanities. Time: A Vocabulary of the Present newly theorizes our experiences of time in relation to developments in post-1945 cultural theory and arts practices. Wide ranging and theoretically provocative, the volume introduces readers to cutting-edge temporal conceptualizations and investigates what exactly constitutes the scope of time studies. Featuring twenty essays that reveal what we talk about when we talk about time today, especially in the areas of history, measurement, and culture, each essay pairs two keywords to explore the tension and nuances between them, from "past/future" and "anticipation/unexpected" to "extinction/adaptation" and "serial/simultaneous." Moving beyond the truisms of postmodernism, the collection newly theorizes the meanings of temporality in relationship to aesthetic, cultural, technological, and economic developments in the postwar period. This book thus assumes that time-not space, as the postmoderns had it-is central to the contemporary period, and that through it we can come to terms with what contemporaneity can be for human beings caught up in the historical present. In the end, Time reveals that the present is a cultural matrix in which overlapping temporalities condition and compete for our attention. Thus each pair of terms presents two temporalities, yielding a generative account of the time, or times, in which we live.

'This is a thought-provoking book that would be of interest to anyone wanting to ponder the concept of time, and to develop more critical thinking skills that may be useful when reading popular science books or articles.'IEEE Electrical Insulation MagazineThe aim of this book is to explain in simple language what we know about time and about the history of time. It is shown that the briefest (as well as the lengthiest) history of time can be described in one or two pages.The second purpose of the book is to show that neither entropy, nor the Second Law of Thermodynamics has anything to do with time. The third purpose is to educate the lay reader how to read popular science books, critically. Towards this goal, detailed reviews of four books on time are presented.There are many popular science books on Time, on the beginning of Time and the end of Time. This book is unique in the following two senses:

This volume provides a balanced set of reviews which introduce the central topics in the philosophy of time. This is the first introductory anthology on the subject to appear for many years; the contributors are distinguished, and two of the essays are specially written for this collection. In their introduction, the editors summarise the background to the debate, and show the relevance of issues in the philosophy of time for other branches of philosophy and for science.

The purpose of this book is to examine the possibility of traversing the future from the past as a means to advance humanity, civilization and the natural world, we shepherd for the cosmic consciousness. It presents images of paintings from Renaissance artists who envisioned spacetime, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Extraterrestrials in their masterpieces. Some paintings, particularly from Leonardo de Vinci and other masters depicted the technology that is evident today and more than 500 years from their lives. Either they were transported to the future by UFOs in their paintings or envisioned the future through out-of-body experiences, like dreams, through the hyperspace of the 5th dimension. What is once perceived as imaginary if accurate may be an empirically difficult to confirm our three-dimensional reality? The argument presented by Goldberg (1998) is presented that "all humans are time travelers through past, present and future lives." The supposition that supercivilizations of the ancient world, like Mu and Atlantis, and those of a millennium or more in the future have readily traversed spacetime and altered the past, present and future of mankind and the planet is presented. Regression hypnosis of tens of thousands of patients by Dr. Goldberg (1998) serves as a portal into this intervention and its effects on civilization, technological and spiritual advancement. Prophecies of great seers, like Michel de Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce are examined as evidence that they envisioned access to the future from the past through the 5th dimension. The extraterrestrial through the ages is revealed from its earthly origin in Mu, Egypt and the political gridlock evident in the U. S. today. Two distinct pathways are acknowledged that affect every civilization. The path of ascension in abundance leads to civilization rising. Descension of these civilizations occurs when spiritual growth and enlightenment directly between the cosmic consciousness, and us is deferred by the pursuit of secular obsessions, greed, envy and vanity. At any given time in space, both paths (Yen and Yang) are present and stimulate the development of the other. The planet and all living things are endangered when the scale is weighed down with themes congruent to descension. This pathway leads to nature's cataclysm as a means to break hegemony over God's creations and restore balance. The rise and fall of great civilizations throughout the ages are wedded to this cyclical-linear model of birth, death and rebirth. Each of the preceding civilizations, in turn, eventually spawn more advanced civilizations. Like the numerical time of day when it reaches its highest number on a watch or clock, supercivilization descends into ancient predecessors of modern civilizations.

Scotch had worked for the Air Force for most of his adult life, but nothing in his training prepared him for what would happen over the course of a double-shift during the Christmas holidays... not so far away, in Earth's distant future. He was to meet the rarely-glimpsed subject of fables & legends... a mysterious stranger known as stealthpilot1 - who would prove to appear in shape & form... uncannily similar to Scotch. The two of them, working together, were to shape the course of humankind. Date 48 offers a unique perspective to the question, "How many hours in a day?" At the same time it sheds new light on the subject, the book also introduces you to stealthpilot1 - someone you may or may not already be familiar with... or have met before.

Helen had been dead for several hours when she visited Dr. Gadway in Miami, and she was not alone. But this book is not about his encounter with the ghost of his recently murdered former lover and her angel. It's about how the possibility of such drama constrains physical reality to be. Ever careful to distinguish between scientific facts and their interpretation, Gadway argues that ghosts and angels are no more difficult to fit within the paradigm of modern science than scientists themselves. Quantum physicists assume that micro events are fundamentally random. Gadway challenges this assumption with arguments that are readily accessible to the layman. Personal experiences-including motorcycle tours of the northeast and the great northwest, flights to Peru and Africa, confessions of betrayal and the experience of love and forgiveness-are contextualized with penetrating insights into what some of the greatest thinkers have contributed to our modern worldview. Along the way he motivates an intuitive explanation of synchronicity that departs sharply from the one worked out by Jung and Pauli. Join Gadway on an adventure of discovery that deconstructs gravity, a force that Einstein's magnificent General Theory both describes and denies. As the title to this eminently readable and important book suggests, contrary to the default position of post-Copernican cosmology, the universe is not indifferent to our being here. Ours is a different world, one that attends us tirelessly-a place where, on occasion, you will encounter ghosts and angels, and intimations from the other side.

Time travel novel comparing the United States to the Roman Empire. A cross between the Da Vinci Code and Back to the Future.

South Florida: 1530AD and Indian tribal wars are raging. The Ponctoan Tribe is teetering on extinction. An ancient relic is passed on to a trusted Ponctoan Warrior by the tribal medicine chief. With it, he learns powerful lessons. Lessons that will level the playing field in war and that begins with a time-travel odyssey that starts in Davistown Pennsylvania in 1966. With him, he takes the tribal war spear of his people. It is his only ticket through space and time. However, there are those who will do anything to acquire it and the young warrior must reach into his ancient training of war to survive the future

"Discrete Event Physics" introduces a new branch of Physics concerned with elucidating the meaning of concepts traditionally studied in that discipline. It is complementary to Mathematical and Experimental Physics, being focused on the same ideas but having different specific goals.

The theory has a fundamentally dynamic nature based on structured discrete events. Events are defined and interrelated using a formal language developed for such purposes.

This volume extends the theory and discusses applications that clarify its utility in overcoming imperfections in traditional approaches to the treatment of Physics problems: the general inadequacy of the operational paradigm for property definition the long standing problem of probability definition confusion arising from indiscriminate use of the term "wave" the definition of meaning, knowledge and understanding in science the definitions of energy and entropy the solution of the paradox of Einstein, Podolski and Rosen the solution of non-locality problems in double slit interference experiments

You never knew theoretical physics could be so simple What is time? Why does time exist? Why can't we remember the future? From Aristotle to Einstein, the mystery of time has puzzled philosophers and physicists down the ages. Enjoy a fascinating detective story to solve the mystery of time - but prepare to be amazed by the twist at the end of the tale