The nature of time
by Halley, J. Woods, (James Woods)
"The question of the measurement and properties of time has been subject to debate for hundreds of years. The Nature of Time enters this debate with a refreshing new perspective. Divided into sections on clocks, Newtonian and humanly perceived time, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and relativity, this book focuses on a physical understanding of how humans measure and interpret the measurements of the quantity which we call time. Written in a digestible manner with little mathematics, this bo…
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- Full title :The nature of time / J. Woods Halley.
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"The question of the measurement and properties of time has been subject to debate for hundreds of years. The Nature of Time enters this debate with a refreshing new perspective. Divided into sections on clocks, Newtonian and humanly perceived time, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and relativity, this book focuses on a physical understanding of how humans measure and interpret the measurements of the quantity which we call time. Written in a digestible manner with little mathematics, this book will be an important introductory resource to undergraduate students in physics, biology, philosophy, and those interested in the debate on time"--
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- Publication Date:2023.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2023.
The Physical Object
- Description:pages cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780367478759, 0367478757, 9780367477066, 0367477068
- oclc:on1341481452
- LC Classification:QB209
- Dewey Decimal:529/.7
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