LEADER 02788nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910955763803321 005 20251116143028.0 010 $a1-134-96848-5 010 $a1-134-96849-3 010 $a1-280-33275-1 010 $a0-203-01873-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203018736 035 $a(CKB)111056485509852 035 $a(EBL)169500 035 $a(OCoLC)277619242 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259525 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204515 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259525 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185993 035 $a(PQKB)11487946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC169500 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL169500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060682 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33275 035 $a(OCoLC)51673355 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485509852 100 $a19901106d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTime, space, and philosophy /$fChristopher Ray 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 1 $aPhilosophical issues in science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-75520-4 311 08$a0-415-03221-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 260-262) and index. 327 $aBook 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; INDEX 330 $aThis book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible introduction to the philosophy of space and time. Ray considers in detail the central questions of space and time which arizse from the ideas of Zeno, Newton, Mach, Leibniz and Einstein. Time, Space and Philosophy extends the debate in many areas:absolute simultaneity is examined as well as black holes, the big bang and even time travel. Time, Space and Philosophy will be invaluable to the student of philosophy and science and will be of considerable interest to mathematics students. The clear, non-technic 410 0$aPhilosophical issues in science. 606 $aSpace and time 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aSpace and time. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a115 700 $aRay$b Christopher$0162102 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955763803321 996 $aTime, space, and philosophy$94493370 997 $aUNINA