"Time is one of the most fundamental problems facing modern scientists and philosophers: the aim of this work is to shed light on the topic from various viewpoints and thus to promote understanding among specialists from several fields, and between East and West. The first section of the volume deals with the problems of time in astronomy and physics. Among the problems under scrutiny here are the direction and the irreversibility of time and some general physical problems of time touching on qu…
Read more"Time is one of the most fundamental problems facing modern scientists and philosophers: the aim of this work is to shed light on the topic from various viewpoints and thus to promote understanding among specialists from several fields, and between East and West. The first section of the volume deals with the problems of time in astronomy and physics. Among the problems under scrutiny here are the direction and the irreversibility of time and some general physical problems of time touching on questions of philosophy. The second part is concerned with problems of time in geology, biology, and psychology: the third with problems of philosophy (although these are also treated in other chapters). The concluding fourth part considers problems of time measurement. The work should make a positive contribution to interdisciplinary understanding."--inside front flap.
