Résumé
What is time? St Augustine famously claimed that he knew
the answer as long as no one asked him for it, but as soon
as he tried to explain it he no longer knew. Part of the
problem is the intricate nature of the question. Every
individual will approach the question ‘what is time?'
from a different perspective. We find ourselves asking
whether time is linear or cyclic, whether it is endless,
whether it is possible to travel in time, how the
experience of the flow of time arises, how our own internal
clocks are regulated and how our language captures the
temporality of our existence. In this volume eight eminent
researchers explore how investigations in their respective
fields impinge on questions about the nature of time. These
fields encompass the entire range from the arts and
humanities to the natural sciences, mirroring the truly
interdisciplinary nature of the subject.
Contents
- 1. Time and modern physics
- 2. Cyclic and linear time in early India
- 3. Time travel
- 4. The genetics of time Charalambos
- 5. The timing of action
- 6. Talking about time
- 7. Storytime and its futures
- 8. Time and religion
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| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Cambridge University Press |
| Parution | 10/05/2002 |
| Nb. de pages | 174 |
| Format | 18 x 25,5 |
| Couverture | Relié |
| Poids | 537g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780521782937 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-521-78293-7 |
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