Time, the familiar stranger / J.T. Fraser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1987Edition: [1st edition]Description: xiii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0870235761
  • 9780870235764
Subject(s):
Contents:
A chart and an itinerary: An introduction -- 1. Shall I be gone long?: The experience and idea of time -- 2. For ever and a day: The reckoning of time -- 3. To whom there belong?: The times of life, mind, and society -- 4. Ask the stone to say: Time in the world of matter -- 5. Ask my song: Man the measure and measurer of time.
Summary: This volume considers such issues as the origins of the universe; relativity theory; the relation of inanimate to living matter; the biology of aging and death; the brain's perception of time; dreaming vs. waking reality; expectation and memory; the development of calendars.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room BD638 .F69 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000053393

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index.

A chart and an itinerary: An introduction -- 1. Shall I be gone long?: The experience and idea of time -- 2. For ever and a day: The reckoning of time -- 3. To whom there belong?: The times of life, mind, and society -- 4. Ask the stone to say: Time in the world of matter -- 5. Ask my song: Man the measure and measurer of time.

This volume considers such issues as the origins of the universe; relativity theory; the relation of inanimate to living matter; the biology of aging and death; the brain's perception of time; dreaming vs. waking reality; expectation and memory; the development of calendars.

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A series of essays on the nature of time and philosophical thoughts on the role time plays in society

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