| Description |
xxv, 710 pages : illustrations, music. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references in "Notes and references" (pages 597-682) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Time in thought: philosophy, religion, and man's attitude toward change: Ideas of time in the history of philosophy / A. Cornelius Benjamin -- Time as succession and the problem of duration / Friedrich Kümmel -- Time in Christian thought / J.L. Russell -- Time in Indian and Japanese thought / Hajime Nakamura -- Time and knowledge in China and the West / Joseph Needham -- Time and the destiny of man / S.G.F. Brandon -- pt. 2. Time and man: communications, rhythm, and behavior: Time in language and literature / C.F.P. Stutterheim -- Rhythm in music: a formal scaffolding of time / Walter Dürr -- Time perception in children / Jean Piaget -- Time and synchronicity in analytic psychology / M.-L. von Franz -- The time sense in psychiatry / Joost A.M. Meerloo -- Subjective time / John Cohen -- pt. 3. Time and life: rhythm, life, and the Earth: Experimental evidence for the biological clock / Karl C. Hamner -- Time sense of animals / J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson -- Some biochemical considerations of time / Hudson Hoagland -- Organic evolution and time / Hans Kalmus -- Biological time / Roland Fischer -- pt. 4. Time and matter: clocks, man, and the universe: Timekeepers -an historical sketch / H. Alan Lloyd -- Time measurement for scientific use / G.M. Clemence -- Time in relativity theory: arguments for a philosophy of being / Olivier Costa de Beauregard -- Time in relativity theory: arguments for a philosophy of becoming / Milič Čapek -- Time in relativity theory: measurement or coordinate? / Herbert Dingle -- Time and quantum theory / E.J. Zimmerman -- Time and thermodynamics / Richard Schlegel -- Time and the probabilistic view of the world / Satosi Watanabe -- Time and the universe / G.J. Whitrow -- The study of time / J.T. Fraser. |
| Subject |
Time.
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