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The March of Time: Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries

Weinert, Friedel
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2013
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Time, ; Scientific discoveries, ; Conceptions, ; History of time, ; Cosmology and regularity, ; Stasis and flux, ; Symmetry and asymmetry, ; Nature of time
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The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to reconstruct the evolution of our changing conceptions of time in the light of scientific discoveries. It will adopt a new perspective and organize the material around three central themes, which run through our history of time reckoning: cosmology and regularity; stasis and flux; symmetry and asymmetry. It is the physical criteria that humans choose ¿ relativistic effects and time-symmetric equations or dynamic-kinematic effects and asymmetric conditions ¿ that establish our views on the nature of time. This book will defend a dynamic rather than a static view of time.
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Weinert F (2013) The March of Time: Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries. Springer.
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