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Time is fundamental to our experience, but remains mysterious. This book shows how philosophers and scientists have tried to grapple with this most extraordinary of ordinary phenomena. From the attempts of early astronomers to reconcile solar and lunar and terrestrial reckonings, to the huge expansions and contractions of time consciousness brought on by scientists as diverse as Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, this book shows how time is as much a matter of human choice as it is a matter of scientific precision.
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"The end of the second millennium was merely a numerical occasion that left no significant traces on humanity. Even the date conversion of computer times was taken in stride by our worldwide information and communication networks. Instead, the widely anticipated catastrophes and dislocations took place at other times. This upholds the thesis expounded in this book: Apart from the external technical clock time, there exists an intrinsic systems time that controls the processes of structural change, growth, and aging in systems ranging from organisms, populations, and institutions to states, cultures, and societies. Even the Universe is subject to phases of renewal and aging that are distinct from the external measured time. We therefore ought to spend less time watching the clock, and should take note of the inner temporal rhythms of nature and society."
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Klaus Mainzer is a Professor of Philosophy and Systems Science at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Among his previous books are Thinking in Complexity: The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind (Springer-Verlag, 1997) and Symmetries of Nature: A Handbook for Philosophy of Nature and Science.
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- PublisherCopernicus
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1441929398
- ISBN 13 9781441929396
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