The little book of time

著者

• Mainzer, Klaus
• Eisinger, Josef

書誌事項

The little book of time

Klaus Mainzer ; translated by Josef Eisinger

Copernicus Books, c2002

タイトル別名

Zeit

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

Originally published as Zeit by C. H. Beck oHG, München, c1999

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Time is fundamental to our experience, but remains mysterious. This book shows how philosophers and scientists have tried to grapple with this most extraordinary of ordinary phenomena. From the attempts of early astronomers to reconcile solar and lunar and terrestrial reckonings, to the huge expansions and contractions of time consciousness brought on by scientists as diverse as Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, this book shows how time is as much a matter of human choice as it is a matter of scientific precision.

目次

• Preface
• 1. Time in Prehistoric Societies
• 2. Time in the Eyes of Early Astronomers
• 3. Classic Philosophers View Time
• 4. Western and Eastern Religious Interpretations
• 5. Newton and Time
• 6. Darwin and Time
• 7. Einstein and Time
• 8. Modern Physics and Time
• 9. The Future of Time

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA61473757
• ISBN:
  • 0387952888
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: ger
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 175 p.
• 大きさ: 19 cm