An edition of Einstein's clocks and Poincaré's maps
(2003)
Einstein's clocks and Poincaré's maps
empires of time
1st ed.
by Peter Galison
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At the beginning of the 20th century, just as industry and government were anticipating the immanent coordination of time around the globe, says Galison (history of science and of physics, Harvard U.), the notion of time and the ability to coordinate two clocks at a distance, were being demolished in the nexus of physics, technology, and philosophy.
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Einstein's clocks and Poincaré's maps: empires of time
2003, W.W. Norton
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0393020010 9780393020014
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Table of Contents
Synchrony
Coal, chaos, and convention
The electric worldmap
Poincaré's maps
Einstein's clocks
The place of time.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-370) and index.
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