In search of time the history, physics and philosophy of time /
Falk, Dan
In search of time the history, physics and philosophy of time / [Texte imprimé] : Dan Falk - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin, cop. 2008 - 1 vol. (XIII-329 p.) : couv. ill., ill. ; 21 cm
Bibliogr. p. 317-321
Heavenly clockwork : time's natural cycles -- Years, months, days : the quest for the perfect calendar -- Hours, minutes, seconds : dissecting the day -- In time's grasp : time and culture -- The persistence of memory : a bridge across time -- Isaac's time : Newton, Leibniz, and the arrow of time -- Albert's time : spacetime, relativity, and quantum theory -- Back to the future : the science of time travel -- In the beginning : the search for the dawn of time -- Beyond the Big Bang : the frontiers of physics and the origin of time's arrow -- All things must pass : the ultimate fate of life, the universe, and everything -- Illusion and reality : physics, philosophy, and the landscape of time
978-0-312-60351-9
Time--History Science and civilization
529
In search of time the history, physics and philosophy of time / [Texte imprimé] : Dan Falk - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin, cop. 2008 - 1 vol. (XIII-329 p.) : couv. ill., ill. ; 21 cm
Bibliogr. p. 317-321
Heavenly clockwork : time's natural cycles -- Years, months, days : the quest for the perfect calendar -- Hours, minutes, seconds : dissecting the day -- In time's grasp : time and culture -- The persistence of memory : a bridge across time -- Isaac's time : Newton, Leibniz, and the arrow of time -- Albert's time : spacetime, relativity, and quantum theory -- Back to the future : the science of time travel -- In the beginning : the search for the dawn of time -- Beyond the Big Bang : the frontiers of physics and the origin of time's arrow -- All things must pass : the ultimate fate of life, the universe, and everything -- Illusion and reality : physics, philosophy, and the landscape of time
978-0-312-60351-9
Time--History Science and civilization
529