02788nam 2200649Ia 450 991095576380332120251116143028.01-134-96848-51-134-96849-31-280-33275-10-203-01873-710.4324/9780203018736 (CKB)111056485509852(EBL)169500(OCoLC)277619242(SSID)ssj0000259525(PQKBManifestationID)11204515(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259525(PQKBWorkID)10185993(PQKB)11487946(MiAaPQ)EBC169500(Au-PeEL)EBL169500(CaPaEBR)ebr10060682(CaONFJC)MIL33275(OCoLC)51673355(EXLCZ)9911105648550985219901106d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTime, space, and philosophy /Christopher Ray1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19911 online resource (281 p.)Philosophical issues in scienceDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-75520-4 0-415-03221-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-262) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ZENO AND THE LIMITS OF SPACE AND TIME; CLOCKS, GEOMETRY AND RELATIVITY; TRAVELLING LIGHT; A CONVENTIONAL WORLD?; NEWTON AND THE REALITY OF SPACE AND TIME; MACH AND THE MATERIAL WORLD; EINSTEIN AND ABSOLUTE SPACETIME; TIME TRAVEL; EINSTEIN'S GREATEST MISTAKE?; COSMOLOGICAL CONUNDRUMS; : RELATIVITY; JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL?; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThis book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible introduction to the philosophy of space and time. Ray considers in detail the central questions of space and time which arizse from the ideas of Zeno, Newton, Mach, Leibniz and Einstein. Time, Space and Philosophy extends the debate in many areas:absolute simultaneity is examined as well as black holes, the big bang and even time travel. Time, Space and Philosophy will be invaluable to the student of philosophy and science and will be of considerable interest to mathematics students. The clear, non-technicPhilosophical issues in science.Space and timePhilosophySpace and time.Philosophy.115Ray Christopher162102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955763803321Time, space, and philosophy4493370UNINA