TY - BOOK AU - Callender,Craig AU - Edney,Ralph TI - Introducing time T2 - Introducing SN - 9781848311206 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Icon KW - Time KW - Chronology KW - Philosophy, Medieval KW - Philosophy, Modern KW - fast KW - TIME KW - Not Geographic KW - basic time KW - Philosophy KW - Callender Craig N1 - Previous edition: 2001; "What is time? The fifth-century philosopher St Augustine famously said that he knew what time was, so long as no one asked him. Introducing time tackles this question and dares go where Augustine would not. It traces the history of time from Augustine's suggestion that there is not time, to the flowing time of Newton, the conventional time of Poincaré, the static time of Einstein, and then back, full circle, to the idea that there is no time in quantum gravity"--Page 4 of cover; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Traces the history of time from Augustine to the flowing time of Newton, the 'conventional time' of Poincaré, Einstein's static time, and then to the idea that there is no time in quantum gravity"--P. [4] of cover ER -