Ebook: The March of Time: Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries
Author: Friedel Weinert (auth.)
- Genre: Physics
- Tags: Philosophy of Science, Popular Science general, History of Science, History of Philosophy, Statistical Physics Dynamical Systems and Complexity
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
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.
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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries ....Pages 1-5
Time and Cosmology....Pages 7-87
Flux and Stasis....Pages 89-168
Symmetry and Asymmetry....Pages 169-256
Conclusion....Pages 257-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-284
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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries ....Pages 1-5
Time and Cosmology....Pages 7-87
Flux and Stasis....Pages 89-168
Symmetry and Asymmetry....Pages 169-256
Conclusion....Pages 257-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-284
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