| Description |
viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-251) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. A commotion of absurdities -- 1. Preamble to the Paradoxes of Motion -- 2. Zeno's visit to Athens -- 3. The world through Aristotle's eyes -- pt. 2. Zeno survives the Renaissance -- 4. Speed becomes a quantity -- 5. Galileo Galilei, the Father of Modern Science -- 6. Dance of the planets -- pt. 3. Zeno in the Sands of Time -- 7. A step back for time -- 8. Descartes and the magic of x and y -- 9. The arrow's trajectory -- 10. Falling toward the Enlightenment -- pt. 4. A commotion of absurdities, revisited -- 11. The speed of light -- 12. The space-time revolution -- 13, Oops, things get grainy again -- 14. There's no next, but what's next? -- 15. The one stream -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Subject |
Motion.
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Space and time.
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| ISBN |
9780525949923 hardcover |
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0525949925 hardcover |
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