Time and its mysteries : eight lectures given on the James Arthur Foundation, New York University /
with a new introduction by Harlow Shapley.
- 1st Collier books edition.
- 186 pages ; 18 cm.
- Collier books ; AS324 .
- Collier books ; AS324. .
Originally published as Time and its mysteries, series I and series II.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Time / Robert Andrews Millikan -- Time and change in history / John Campbell Meriam -- On the lifetime of a galaxy / Harlow Shapley -- The beginnings of time-measurement and the origins of our calendar / James Henry Breasted -- 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.