The March of Time
Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects, History
| Author: | Friedel Weinert | ISBN: | 9783642353475 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg | Publication: | April 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | Friedel Weinert |
| ISBN: | 9783642353475 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publication: | April 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
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.
