The Children of Time: Causality, Entropy, Becoming (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 890) - Tapa blanda

Lestienne, Remy; Neher, E C

 
9780252064272: The Children of Time: Causality, Entropy, Becoming (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 890)
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ISBN 10: 0252064275 ISBN 13: 9780252064272
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 1995

Sinopsis

"A work of scientific substance and critical wisdom, developed in
        the urbane idiom of a French scholar." -- J. T. Fraser, founder,
        International Society for the Study of Time
      "This is the book for those of us who couldn't wade completely through
        Hawking's A Brief History of Time and now have it collecting dust
        on our bookshelves. Well written, thought-provoking, and, most important,
        understandable." -- Michael Epstein, analytical spectroscopist/chemist,
        National Institute of Standards and Technology
      What is time? Does it really pass? These and other fascinating questions
        about the nature of time animate a continuing philosophical and scientific
        debate. In this popular French book, now available for the first time
        in English; my Lestienne moves to make the bewildering concepts
        of time accessible--and interesting. He uses Galileo, Newton, Einstein,
        and others to demonstrate how the concepts of causality and entropy became
        so pervasive that they eventually were substituted for time itself. He
        also shows how recent advances in astronomy, particle physics, developmental
        life sciences, and the neurosciences are helping to shape a new philosophical
        vision of time.

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Acerca del autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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'This is the book for those of us who couldn't wade completely through Hawking's A Brief History of Time and now have it collecting dust on our bookshelves. Well, written, thought-provoking, and, most important, understandable.' - Michael Epstein, analytical spectroscopist/chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Editorial
University of Illinois Press
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0252064275
ISBN 13 
9780252064272
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
240
Contacto del fabricante
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9780252019593: The Children of Time: Causality, Entropy, Becoming

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ISBN 10:  0252019598 ISBN 13:  9780252019593
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 1995
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