The March of Time Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Weinert, Friedel (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Popular works.; Philosophy of Science.; Popular Science, general.; History of Science.; History of Philosophy.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: IX, 284 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642353475

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.