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The arrow of time : a voyage through science to solve time's greatest mystery / Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield ; foreword by Ilya Prigogine

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1991Edition: 1st American edDescription: 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0449906302
  • 9780449906309
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Arrow of time.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 529 C873A 20
LOC classification:
  • QB209 .C64 1991
NLM classification:
  • 529 C873a
Contents:
Images of time -- The rise of Newtonian physics: time loses its direction -- Relativity: how time defeated Einstein -- A quantum leap for time -- The arrow of time: thermodynamics -- Creative evolution -- Arrow of time, arrow of life -- A unified vision of time -- The unended quest
Summary: Discusses time, its perception, and proposes an explanation of time as we know it
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 529 C873A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 063501

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-359) and index

Images of time -- The rise of Newtonian physics: time loses its direction -- Relativity: how time defeated Einstein -- A quantum leap for time -- The arrow of time: thermodynamics -- Creative evolution -- Arrow of time, arrow of life -- A unified vision of time -- The unended quest

Discusses time, its perception, and proposes an explanation of time as we know it

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