"This lucid and wide-ranging study sets out to reconcile the objective and subjective perspectives in the investigation of the phenomenon of time. [Lawrence W. Fagg] . . . explores the wondrous subtleties of time that modern physics continues to reveal, but complements them with the rich insights of the spiritual perspectives on time that the world's major religions have to offer."--Helga Nowotny, Former President, International Society for the Study of Time
"This lucid and wide-ranging study sets out to reconcile the objective and subjective perspectives in the investigation of the phenomenon of time. [Lawrence W. Fagg] . . . explores the wondrous subtleties of time that modern physics continues to reveal, but complements them with the rich insights of the spiritual perspectives on time that the world's major religions have to offer."--Helga Nowotny, Former President, International Society for the Study of Time
Lawrence W. Fagg is Research Professor in Nuclear Physics at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Electromagnetism and the Sacred: At the Frontier of Spirit and Matter and Two Faces of Time.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface xi Part I. Thinking about Time 1 1. Time: A Two-fold Mystery? 3 2. Philosophers Thinking about Time 15 Part II. Time in Our Cosmic Cocoon 27 3. Einstein, Time, and the Speed of Light 29 4. Time and the Quantum 43 5. Timing and Sensing Our Cocoon through Electromagnetism 63 6. Probing beyond: Spiritual Perceptions of Our Cocoon's Temporality 75 Part III. The Nature of Time 93 7. Did Time Begin? 95 8. Time and Motion 115 9. Irreversible Gauges of Time 127 10. Time, Space, and the Dynamic World: The Spatialization and Liberation of Time 149 11. The Moment: Increment of Time and Space 161 12. Timelessness 181 Part IV. What Will Time Tell? 191 13. Time in the Cosmic Future 193 14. A Time to Die 213 15. How Real the Future? 227 Part V. Time 235 16. Time: A Duality or Unity? 237 17. What is Time? 249 Bibliography 255
Preface xi Part I. Thinking about Time 1 1. Time: A Two-fold Mystery? 3 2. Philosophers Thinking about Time 15 Part II. Time in Our Cosmic Cocoon 27 3. Einstein, Time, and the Speed of Light 29 4. Time and the Quantum 43 5. Timing and Sensing Our Cocoon through Electromagnetism 63 6. Probing beyond: Spiritual Perceptions of Our Cocoon's Temporality 75 Part III. The Nature of Time 93 7. Did Time Begin? 95 8. Time and Motion 115 9. Irreversible Gauges of Time 127 10. Time, Space, and the Dynamic World: The Spatialization and Liberation of Time 149 11. The Moment: Increment of Time and Space 161 12. Timelessness 181 Part IV. What Will Time Tell? 191 13. Time in the Cosmic Future 193 14. A Time to Die 213 15. How Real the Future? 227 Part V. Time 235 16. Time: A Duality or Unity? 237 17. What is Time? 249 Bibliography 255
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