Time / edited by Katinka Ridderbos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ridderbos, Katinka, 1970-

Series:

Darwin College lectures

The Darwin College lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

Physical Description:

174 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Contents:

1 Time and Modern Physics / Christopher J. Isham, Konstantina N. Savvidou 6

2 Cyclic and Linear Time in Early India / Romila Thapar 27

3 Time Travel / D. H. Mellor 46

4 The Genetics of Time / Charalambos P. Kyriacou 65

5 The Timing of Action / Alan Wing 85

6 Talking about Time / David Crystal 105

7 Storytime and its Futures / Gillian Beer 126

8 Time and Religion / J. R. Lucas 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521782937

OCLC:

48435467