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Time's Arrows
Richard Morris
其他書名
Scientific Attitudes Toward Time
出版Simon and Schuster, 1986-01-07
主題Science / GeneralScience / HistoryScience / Time
ISBN06716176649780671617660
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NOZ-r3YZrf0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This volume explores Western views on time from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages, going on to modern scientific concepts, including relativity, biological time, cosmic time, and whether there is a beginning (or an end) to time. Starting with ancient cyclical theories of time, the author moves on to more modern topics such as the theory of linear time, the notion that velocity is a function of time (introduced by Galileo), Newton's mathematical explanations of time, the laws of thermodynamics in relation to time, and the theory of relativity.