Klaus Mainzer

The Little Book of Time (eBook, PDF)

Übersetzer: Eisinger, J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Time is fundamental to our experience, but remains mysterious. This book shows how philosophers and scientists have tried to grapple with this most extraordinary of ordinary phenomena. From the attempts of early astronomers to reconcile solar and lunar and terrestrial reckonings, to the huge expansions and contractions of time consciousness brought on by scientists as diverse as Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, this book shows how time is as much a matter of human choice as it is a matter of scientific precision.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475743326
• Artikelnr.: 44041957

Autorenporträt

Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer, geboren 1947, hat einen Lehrstuhl für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie inne und ist Direktor des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Informatik an der Universität Augsburg. Zahlreiche Fachpublikationen.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Time in the Classical and Medieval Worldviews.- 2 Time in the Worldview of Classical Physics.- 3 Relativistic Spacetime.- 4 Time and the Quantum World.- 5 Time and Thermodynamics.- 6 Time and Life.- 7 Time and Consciousness.- 8 Time in History and Culture.- Further Reading.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "In this philosophical rumination on time, Mainzer delves rigorously into time's logical constructs as they have been devised over the history of occidental science." Booklist "Klaus Mainzer ... provides a brief overview of the concept of time from antiquity to the present. ... The Little Book of Time succinctly and clearly covers human concepts of time, from the ancients to Newton to Einstein's theory of relativity and the conceptions of time in quantum mechanics, with its profound consequences for modern cosmology." (Science in Africa, October, 2002) "Time is a big subject ... . The book will probably be interesting to enthusiasts ... . The flavor is philosophical, which is not surprising since Mainzer is a philosopher. ... the book is a nice summary." (Thomas R. Berger, MathDL, January, 2004)