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Produktbild: Time: A Very Short Introduction | Jenann Ismael
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Time: A Very Short Introduction

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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

  • 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


Produktdetails

Erscheinungsdatum
28. Oktober 2021
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
144
Reihe
Very Short Introductions
Autor/Autorin
Jenann Ismael
Illustrationen
25 black and white images
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Abbildungen
25 black and white images
Gewicht
128 g
Größe (L/B/H)
170/108/13 mm
ISBN
9780198832669

Portrait

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).

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