Time (chronology), time systems & standards books

This volume evaluates Bradwardine's view of time as a mathematical, philosophical and theological concept within...  Read More >>

In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social...  Read More >>

The subject of this book is time, one of the small number of elusive essences of the world, unsubdued by human will....  Read More >>

The exposition includes historical details and explains, for instance, why the entropy law is inadequate for time...  Read More >>

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Lucid exploration of central themes from science, philosophy, literature and religious ideas. Accessible and provocative...  Read More >>

This anthology presents essays that discuss the new theories of time. Topics examined include McTaggart's paradox,...  Read More >>

Examines the ways in which time is reflected in natural language - considering tense, aspect, the inherent lexical...  Read More >>

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In these collected studies of Charles W. Jones, the reader is offered 10 articles and his first book concerning...  Read More >>

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This book describes the later life of Joseph Scaliger (1540-1609), a scholar of the later Renaissance. It concentrates...  Read More >>

This is a book about real time in economics. It argues that its abandonment has serious implications for economics'...  Read More >>

Text and activities explain how time, distance, and speed can be measured.  Read More >>

A study of how time travel has been portrayed in fiction from the 18th century to the present. The author also discusses...  Read More >>

An up-to-date and accessible selection of some of the most important writings on the philosophy of time, including...  Read More >>

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The examination of the phenomenon of time and to what extent our awareness of it is culturally conditioned. The...  Read More >>

This book on the phenomenon of the asymmetry of natural phenomena with respect to time reversal presents some of...  Read More >>

An investigation of the basic principles of chronobiology - nature's biological clock - and its application to clinical...  Read More >>

Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit steht nicht die Ereignisgeschichte des Revolutionskalenders, also die Rekonstruktion...  Read More >>

Establishes that the traditions of Roman art and literature were still very much alive in the mid-fourth century....  Read More >>

"""The author discusses whether time travel is scientifically possible. He examines """"the history of the development...  Read More >>

Examines the ancient Maya's obsession with time: they believed a flow of divine time determined man's destiny and...  Read More >>