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Craig Callender ,
Ralph Edney
[Paperback 2010]
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"Introducing Time" traces the history of time from Augustine's suggestion that there is no time, to the flowing time of Newton, the conventional time of Poincare, the static time of Einstein, and then back, full circle, to the idea that there is no time in quantum gravity.... more
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Leofranc Holford Strevens
[Paperback 2005]
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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar? The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal,... more
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Paul J Nahin ,
K S Thorne
[Hardbound 1998, 2nd Edition]
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"Here's a gem of a book...all peppered with delightful notes from science fiction films, novels, and comics. I can't turn a page without finding a jewel." Clifford Stoll, University of California, Berkeley, author of The Cuckoo's Egg "The research that has gone into this book is impressive." Nature "For professional... more
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Igor D Novikov ,
I D Novikov ,
Novikov Igor D
[Paperback 2001]
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Klaus Mainzer ,
J Eisinger
[Paperback 2010]
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Time is fundamental to our experience, but remains mysterious. This book shows how philosophers and scientists have tried to grapple with this most extraordinary of ordinary phenomena. From the attempts of early astronomers to reconcile solar and lunar and terrestrial reckonings, to the huge expansions and contractions of time consciousness... more
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G F R Ellis ,
George Francis Rayner Ellis ,
R M Williams
[Paperback 2001, 2nd Edition]
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Nigel Thrift ,
John May ,
Jon May
[Paperback 2001]
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Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. The issue of space has perhaps been over-emphasised and it is essential that processes of everyday existence, such as globalisation and environmental issues and also... more
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Geoff Stray ,
John Major Jenkins
[Paperback 2009]
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An illustrated, encyclopedic overview of the prophecies, calendars, and theories that indicate the year 2012 is a threshold of great change for humanity - Looks at the scientific and anthropological evidence for the rare galactic alignment due to occur in December 2012 - Sifts through the catastrophic theories to show... more
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By
Barbara Hand Clow ,
Christopher Cudahy Clow ,
Carl Johan Calleman
[Paperback 2007]
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"The Mayan Code is really interesting and amazing because its statements are based on facts. For instance, it mentions the VEDA. We the Mayas know this people as the BEDZA. They used and followed the ancient calendar of 360 days, just as the Mayas did with the Haab calendar that... more
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James Gleick
[Paperback 2000]
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From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated auhtor of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world. Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by... more
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Stephen Jay Gould
[Hardcover 1999]
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In this new edition of Questioning the Millennium, best-selling author Stephen Jay Gould applies his wit and erudition to one of today's most pressing subjects: the significance of the millennium. In 1950 at age eight, prompted by an issue of Life magazine marking the century's midpoint, Stephen Jay Gould started... more
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J G Muga ,
R Sala Mayato ,
I L Egusquiza
[Hardcover 2007, 2nd Edition]
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The treatment of time in quantum mechanics is still an important and challenging open question in the foundation of the quantum theory. This multi-authored book, written as an introductory guide for newcomers to the subject, as well as a useful source of information for the expert, covers many of the... more
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Palle Yourgrau
[Paperback 2006]
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Albert Einstein remarked towards the end of his career that he only went to his office at Princeton 'just to have the privilege of walking home with Kurt Godel'. They had both fled Europe and the clutches of Nazism and found rare solace in each other's company in foreign exile.... more
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Roger S Bagnall ,
R S Bagnall ,
K A Worp
[Hardcover 2004, 2nd Edition]
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Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the economy, society and everyday life of the late antique Mediterranean world. Its thousands of papyri provide insight into aspects and topics ignored by ancient authors. This handbook is an indispensa... more
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Jonathan Ben Dov
[Hardcover 2008]
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Rather than being an isolated, primitive body of knowledge the Jewish calendar tradition of 364 days constituted an integral part of the astronomical science of the ancient world. This tradition-attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Pseudepigrap... more
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Sarah Norgate
[Hardcover 2006]
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"In Beyond 9 to 5," Sarah Norgate investigates the psychological, social, and cultural influences that affect the way we regard and are affected by time. Using everyday examples from around the world, her intriguing analysis unravels both the mental and b... more
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Eviatar Zerubavel
[Paperback 1985]
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Mark Lennox Boyd
[Hardcover 2006]
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A beautifully illustrated book that charts the evolution of sundials around the world as shown through photographs of important historical examples from the earliest Neolithic designs stone circles, such as Stonehenge, to the present day.... more
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Jack S Koay
[Paperback 2005]
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With our busy schedules today everyone seems to be in a hurry with little time to retrieve information such as the day of the week of Christmas 2010 or the day of the week the first man landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. The 300 Year Calendar Book... more
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By
Janey Levy ,
Lynn George
[Library binding 2004]
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