Time and its mysteries.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 1936-1949Description: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Contained works:
  • Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953. Time
  • Merriam, John C. 1869-1945. Time and change in history
  • Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972. On the lifetime of a galaxy
  • Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935. Beginnings of time-measurement and the origins of our calendar
  • Hering, D. W. 1850-1938. Time concept and time sense among cultured and uncultured peoples
  • Swann, W. F. G. 1884-1962. What is time?
  • Dewey, John, 1859-1952. Time and individuality
  • Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962. Time and the growth of physics
  • Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957. Time scale of the universe
  • Knopf, Adolph, 1882-1966. Geologic records of time
  • Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965. Time and historical perspective
  • Luckey, George P. Developments in portable timepieces
Subject(s):
Contents:
Series 1. Time / Robert Andrew Millikan. Time and change in history / Joseph Campbell Merriam. On the lifetime of a galaxy / Harlow Shapley. The beginnings of time-measurement and the origins of our calendar / James Henry Breasted. 1936 -- Series 2. The time concept and time sense among cultured and uncultured peoples / Daniel Webster Hering. What is time? / William Francis Gray Swann. Time and individuality / John Dewey. Time and the growth of physics / Arthur H. Compton. 1940 -- Series 3. The time scale of the universe / Henry Norris Russell. The geologic records of time / Adolph Knopf. Time and historical perspective / James T. Shotwell. Developments in portable timepieces / George P. Luckey. 1949.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB209 .T56 1936 Series 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000052361
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB209 .T56 1936 Series 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000052429
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB209 .T56 1936 Series 3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000052437

"Lectures given on the James Arthur Foundation, New York University."

Includes indexes.

Series 1. Time / Robert Andrew Millikan. Time and change in history / Joseph Campbell Merriam. On the lifetime of a galaxy / Harlow Shapley. The beginnings of time-measurement and the origins of our calendar / James Henry Breasted. 1936 -- Series 2. The time concept and time sense among cultured and uncultured peoples / Daniel Webster Hering. What is time? / William Francis Gray Swann. Time and individuality / John Dewey. Time and the growth of physics / Arthur H. Compton. 1940 -- Series 3. The time scale of the universe / Henry Norris Russell. The geologic records of time / Adolph Knopf. Time and historical perspective / James T. Shotwell. Developments in portable timepieces / George P. Luckey. 1949.

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Four James Arthur lectures, 1932 to 1935

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