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The Little Book of Time
Klaus Mainzer
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Description for The Little Book of Time
Hardback. From the distinguished philosopher and historian of science Klaus Mainzer, a very brief history of the way we have come to understand, and not understand, time. Translator(s): Eisinger, J. Series: Little book. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 123 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
chapter 1 Time in the Classical and Medieval Worldviews From the Beginnings to the Pre-Socratic School Zeno's Time Arrow and Aristotle's Continuum 6 Time and Creation According to Saint Augustine 15 Time and Medieval Astronomy 18 20 Calendars and Clocks chapter 2 Time in the Worldview of Classical Physics 25 Absolute Time According to Newton 26 Relational Time According to Leibniz 30 Time in Classical Mechanics 31 Time in Kant's Epistemology 35 chapter 3 Relativistic Spacetime 43 Time in Special Relativity Theory 44 Time in General Relativity Theory 50 Time in Relativistic Cosmology 54 chapter 4 Time and the Quantum ... Read more
chapter 1 Time in the Classical and Medieval Worldviews From the Beginnings to the Pre-Socratic School Zeno's Time Arrow and Aristotle's Continuum 6 Time and Creation According to Saint Augustine 15 Time and Medieval Astronomy 18 20 Calendars and Clocks chapter 2 Time in the Worldview of Classical Physics 25 Absolute Time According to Newton 26 Relational Time According to Leibniz 30 Time in Classical Mechanics 31 Time in Kant's Epistemology 35 chapter 3 Relativistic Spacetime 43 Time in Special Relativity Theory 44 Time in General Relativity Theory 50 Time in Relativistic Cosmology 54 chapter 4 Time and the Quantum ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Little book
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780387952888
SKU
V9780387952888
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Little Book of Time
From the reviews: "In this philosophical rumination on time, Mainzer delves rigorously into time's logical constructs as they have been devised over the history of occidental science." Booklist "Klaus Mainzer … provides a brief overview of the concept of time from antiquity to the present. … The Little Book of Time succinctly and clearly covers human ... Read more