Time: A Very Short Introduction
(Sprache: Englisch)
What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related philosophical aspects. It also discusses the psychological experience of time and insights from cognitive science.
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What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related philosophical aspects. It also discusses the psychological experience of time and insights from cognitive science.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Time: A Very Short Introduction “
- Introduction
- 1: History up through Newton
- 2: From space and time to space-time: the era of Einstein
- 3: Philosophical implications of the relativistic conception of time
- 4: The direction of time
- 5: The time of human experience
- 6: The big picture and new horizons
- Further Reading
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Jenann Ismael
Jenann Ismael is a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, Affiliate of the Zuckerman Institute, and member of FQXi. She taught at Stanford University and the University of Arizona before coming to Columbia. Ismael has held fellowships at the National Humanities Center, and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and a Queen Elizabeth II fellowship at the Centre for Time in Sydney. Her work has been supported by the Templeton Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, NEH, and the Foundational Questions Institute. She is the author of Essays on Symmetry (2001); The Situated Self (2007); and How Physics Makes Us Free (2016).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jenann Ismael
- 2021, 111 Seiten, Maße: 10,8 x 17 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198832664
- ISBN-13: 9780198832669
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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