The March of Time - Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2013)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Friedel Weinert
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	284
Edition:	1st ed. 2013
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-35346-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Time (chronology) > General
LSN:	3-642-35346-0
Barcode:	9783642353468

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