Introducing Time

A Graphic Guide

Craig Callender (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2010
Icon Books (Verlag)
978-1-84831-120-6 (ISBN)

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What is time? The 5th-century philosopher St Augustine famously said that he knew what time was, so long as no one asked him.

Is time a fourth dimension similar to space or does it flow in some sense? And if it flows, does it make sense to say how fast? Does the future exist? Is time travel possible? Why does time seem to pass in only one direction?

These questions and others are among the deepest and most subtle that one can ask, but Introducing Time presents them - many for the first time - in an easily accessible, lucid and engaging manner, wittily illustrated by Ralph Edney.

Craig Callander teaches philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. Ralph Edney is a well-established graphic artist whose other introducing titles include Relativity.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.5.2010
Reihe/Serie	Graphic Guides
Illustrationen	Ralph Edney
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, black & white
Verlagsort	Duxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	118 x 168 mm
Gewicht	122 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-84831-120-6 / 1848311206
ISBN-13	978-1-84831-120-6 / 9781848311206
Zustand	Neuware