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Examining perspectives on time, how and why we measure time as we do, and time in relation to our lives, the author launches a wide-ranging enquiry into this elusive concept. The book looks at time and the universe as a whole, from the "beginnings" of time through to the present.

Table of Contents
What Do We Mean When We Talk About Time?

Clocks and Calendars.

Time and Life.

Human Time.

The Artistic View of Time.

A Growing Sense of Geological Time.

Geochronometry.

Stratigraphy.

The Solar System and Beyond.

Cosmology.

The Philosophy of Time.

What Do We Understand When We Think About Time?

Further Reading.

Index.

The Idea of Time

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    A Hardback by Charles Hepworth Holland


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      Publisher: Wiley
      Publication Date: 2/19/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780471985457, 978-0471985457
      ISBN10: 0471985457
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining perspectives on time, how and why we measure time as we do, and time in relation to our lives, the author launches a wide-ranging enquiry into this elusive concept. The book looks at time and the universe as a whole, from the "beginnings" of time through to the present.

      Table of Contents
      What Do We Mean When We Talk About Time?

      Clocks and Calendars.

      Time and Life.

      Human Time.

      The Artistic View of Time.

      A Growing Sense of Geological Time.

      Geochronometry.

      Stratigraphy.

      The Solar System and Beyond.

      Cosmology.

      The Philosophy of Time.

      What Do We Understand When We Think About Time?

      Further Reading.

      Index.

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