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Author:   Fraser
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.917kg
ISBN:  

9789004154858

ISBN 10:   900415485
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The Whir and the Bell 1. The change ringing cosmos COMPLEXITY AND ITS MEASURE 2 From timelessness to time OUT OF PLATO’S CAVE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TIME 3. Reality as examined appearances THE EXTENDED UMWELT PRINCIPLE 4. What kind of a universe to expect MATHEMATICS AND TIME 5. The beginning or origin of time THE SECULAR MYSTERY OF THE FIRST DAY 6. Contraining chaos FROM CHAOS TO CONFLICT 7. Those metaphysical devices CLOCKWORKS BEYOND THEMSELVES 8. How to use a clock SPACE-TIME IN THE STUDY OF TIME 9. Coordinated clock shops TIME AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 10. From puppy love to faithful love TEMPORAL LEVELS: A FUNDAMENTAL SYNTHESIS 11. Logos at the edge of the cosmos TEMPORAL LEVELS AND REALITY TESTING 12. Unbounding society TIME, INFINITY, AND THE WORLD IN ENLIGHTENMENT THOUGHT 13. That awesome gift HUMAN FREEDOM 14. Opiates that civilize TIME FELT, TIME UNDERSTOOD 15. How to perpetuate conflicts CHANGE, PERMANENCE, AND HUMAN VALUES 16. The true TRUTH AS A RECOGNITION OF PERMANENCE 17. Music do I hear? HOMER, BORGES, AND THE PIED PIPER. 18 A different wonder THE PROBLEMS OF EXPORTING FAUST 19. Being a one-and-only TIME, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE NASCENT IDENTITY OF MANKIND 20. Turmoil at the anthill threshold HAMLET’S CASTLE IN CYBERSPACE 21. Whose past is our prologue? REFLECTIONS UPON AN EVOLVING MIRROR 22 Expanding the universe

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Acknowledged to be the world's foremost scholar of the interdisciplinary study of time, Dr J.T. Fraser is the author of six volumes, some seventy articles in professional periodicals and editor of ten volumes addressing the integrated study of time. He is the founder of the International Society for the Study of Time (1966), founding editor of KronoScope - Journal for the Study of Time and has lectured extensively at home and abroad

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