Time by Katinka Ridderbos

Time by Katinka Ridderbos

What is time? St Augustine famously claimed that he knew the answer as long as no one asked him for it, but as soon as he tried to explain it he no longer knew. Part of the problem is the intricate nature of the question. Every individual will approach the question 'what is time?' from a different perspective. We find ourselves asking whether time is linear or cyclic, whether it is endless, whether it is possible to travel in time, how the experience of the flow of time arises, how our own internal clocks are regulated and how our language captures the temporality of our existence. In this volume eight eminent researchers explore how investigations in their respective fields impinge on questions about the nature of time. These fields encompass the entire range from the arts and humanities to the natural sciences, mirroring the truly interdisciplinary nature of the subject.

'It's becoming a bit of a cliché these days to celebrate any attempt at bridge-building between the humanities and science, but this book shows how to do it elegantly and well' New Scientist

Katinka Ridderbos is a Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. Her main research interests are the conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics and the problem of the direction of time.

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ISBN 13	9780521782937
ISBN 10	0521782937
Title	Time
Author	Katinka Ridderbos
Series	Darwin College Lectures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2002-05-16
Number of pages	180
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