An edition of Time's Arrows (1984)

Time's Arrows

Scientific Attitudes Toward Time

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An edition of Time's Arrows (1984)

Time's Arrows

Scientific Attitudes Toward Time

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This exploration of Western attitudes toward time traces these attitudes from ancient Greece through the Christian Middle Ages, with nearly half of the exposition devoted to modern scientific concepts, including relativity, biological time, the "direction" of time, and cosmic time

Publish Date
Publisher
Touchstone
Language
English
Pages
244

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Cover of: Time's Arrows
Time's Arrows: Scientific Attitudes Toward Time
January 7, 1986, Touchstone
Paperback in English
Cover of: Time's arrows
Time's arrows: Scientific attitudes toward time
January 1, 1984, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"SOME QUESTIONS SEEM TOO trivial to merit serious consideration, but often these are the very questions that become most puzzling when we examine them in detail."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
244
Dimensions
8.3 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
Weight
11.2 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7660341M
ISBN 10
0671617664
ISBN 13
9780671617660
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396606

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