Time / / edited by Katinka Ridderbos [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 115
• Soggetto topico: Time
• Persona (resp. second.): RidderbosKatinka <1970->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Time and modern physics / Christopher J. Isham and Konstantina Savvidou -- Cyclic and linear time in early India / Romila Thapar -- Time travel / D.H. Mellor -- The genetics of time / Charalambos P. Kyriacou -- The timing of action / Alan Wing -- Talking about time / David Crystal -- Storytime and its futures / Gillian Beer -- Time and religion / J.R. Lucas.
• Sommario/riassunto: What is time? St Augustine famously claimed that he knew the answer as long as no one asked him for it, but as soon as he tried to explain it he no longer knew. Part of the problem is the intricate nature of the question. Every individual will approach the question 'what is time?' from a different perspective. We find ourselves asking whether time is linear or cyclic, whether it is endless, whether it is possible to travel in time, how the experience of the flow of time arises, how our own internal clocks are regulated and how our language captures the temporality of our existence. In this volume eight eminent researchers explore how investigations in their respective fields impinge on questions about the nature of time. These fields encompass the entire range from the arts and humanities to the natural sciences, mirroring the truly interdisciplinary nature of the subject.
• Titolo autorizzato: Time
• ISBN: 1-107-12936-2; 1-280-41801-X; 9786610418015; 1-139-14654-8; 0-511-16976-0; 0-511-06699-6; 0-511-06068-8; 0-511-30854-X; 0-511-54142-2; 0-511-06912-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783228503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Darwin College lectures ; ; 14.