| The Nature of Time Contributor(s): Flood, Raymond (Editor), Lockwood, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0631165789 ISBN-13: 9780631165781 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $48.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1991 Annotation: "An excellent introduction to modern thinking on an age-old mystery".--John Gribbin, Physics. The contributors include philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Time - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 115 |
| LCCN: 86-13688 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.88" W x 8.94" (0.72 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why does time appear to run in only one direction? We remember the past- but why not the future? We can influence the future- but could we, even theoretically, influence the past? Generations of philosophers and theologians, physicists and mathematicians have puzzles and speculated about these and the many other questions that surround the concept of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain the directionality of time. But time still contains many mysteries- black holes and big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops - that will doubtless continue to occupy us for centuries to come. In this impressive collection of original articles ten internationally known scholars explore and explains the nature of time, apace and now space-time. Founded on the latest developments in thermodynamics, quantum theory and cosmology, their ideas will fascinate anyone interested in Einstein's theory of relativity. |