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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/426807848 Title: In search of time : the history, physics and philosophy of time Author: Dan Falk Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. ISBN/ISSN: 9780312603519 0312603517 OCLC:426807848

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In search of time : the history, physics and philosophy of time

Author:	Dan Falk
Publisher:	New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, 2010.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Chronicles the history of time-telling prior to the advent of accurate clocks, offering insight into how humans in earlier historical periods evaluated and experienced time and subsequently developed their civilizations.
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Subjects	Time -- History. Science and civilization. Time.
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Genre/Form:	History
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Dan Falk Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780312603519 0312603517
OCLC Number:	426807848
Notes:	Originally published as hbk. as: In search of time : the science of a curious dimension. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, c2008. 1st U.S. ed.
Description:	xiii, 329 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:	Heavenly clockwork : time's natural cycles -- Years, months, days : the quest for the perfect calendar -- Hours, minutes, seconds : dissecting the day -- In time's grasp : time and culture -- The persistence of memory : a bridge across time -- Isaac's time : Newton, Leibniz, and the arrow of time -- Albert's time : spacetime, relativity, and quantum theory -- Back to the future : the science of time travel -- In the beginning : the search for the dawn of time -- Beyond the Big Bang : the frontiers of physics and the origin of time's arrow -- All things must pass : the ultimate fate of life, the universe, and everything -- Illusion and reality : physics, philosophy, and the landscape of time.
Other Titles:	History, physics and philosophy of time
Responsibility:	Dan Falk.

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Chronicles the history of time-telling prior to the advent of accurate clocks, offering insight into how humans in earlier historical periods evaluated and experienced time and subsequently developed their civilizations.

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