The clock mirage : our myth of measured time / Joseph Mazur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazur, Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time--Philosophy.

Time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"What is time? Is there a secret, a theory, or a nucleus of knowledge that can bring that noun into focus, or at least into some spotlight for sharp inspection? Is it an illusion of invisible posts between the past, present, and future, connecting memories to expectations, to give the mind anticipation, hope, ambition, and, perhaps, a belief in destiny? For thousands of years we've been asking such questions, searching for some noun that we can envision or conceive, like weight or power. The Some philosophers tell us that time is just memory, nothing more. Others say it is an illusion of invisible transitions between the past, present, and future, connecting memories to expectations, to give the mind anticipation, hope, ambition, and, perhaps, a belief in destiny?

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. TRICKLING WATERS, SHIFTING SHADOWS (TELLING TIME)

2. RINGING BELLS, BEATING DRUMS (USE OF TIME)

3. EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK (CYCLES OF TIME)

4. ZENO’S QUIVER (THE STREAM OF TIME)

5. THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE (PHILOSOPHERS’ TIME)

6. GUTENBERG’S TYPE (TIME IN THE FIRST INFORMATION AGE)

7. ENTER NEWTON (ABSOLUTE TIME)

8. WHAT IS A CLOCK? (TIME BEYOND THE OBSERVED)

9. SIMULTANEOUS CLOCKS (CALIBRATED TIME)

10. BRACED UNIFICATION (SPACE-TIME)

11. ANOTHER MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (TRAVELING THROUGH TIME)

12. THE BIG QUESTION (THE SENSE AND PLACE OF TIME)

13. WHERE DID IT GO? (ACCELERATION OF TIME IN AGING)

14. FEELING IT (A SENSE OF TIME)

15. THE MASTER PACEMAKER (THE EYES OF TIME)

16. INTERNAL BEAT (CLOCKS IN LIVING CELLS)

17. 1.5 MILLION YEARS (CIRCADIAN SYNCHRONIZATION)

18. DISTORTED SENSES AND ILLUSIONS (THE TEMPERATURE OF TIME)

19. EXOPLANETS AND BIORHYTHMS (ENVIRONMENTAL SYNCHRONIZERS)

EPILOGUE

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300252422 (Proquest Ebook Central)

0-300-25242-0

OCLC:

1148897798