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- catalog abstract "In this book, the author takes us on a guided tour of this new, relativistic universe where time is a central, but elusive, factor. He shows how complicated our time-keeping will become should we ever achieve the dream of traveling to the stars; how "black holes" stop time in its tracks; how the relationship between time and light limits our probing of the universe.".
- catalog contributor b890768.
- catalog created "1983, c1982.".
- catalog date "1983".
- catalog date "1983, c1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1983, c1982.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 200-203.".
- catalog description "In this book, the author takes us on a guided tour of this new, relativistic universe where time is a central, but elusive, factor. He shows how complicated our time-keeping will become should we ever achieve the dream of traveling to the stars; how "black holes" stop time in its tracks; how the relationship between time and light limits our probing of the universe.".
- catalog description "The elusiveness of time -- The measurement of time -- The relativity of time -- Time forward and time reversed -- Time and the universe -- Causality and chance -- Coincidence and meaning -- The experience of time -- Seeing through time -- Interpreting time -- The paradox of time.".
- catalog extent "208 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "On time.".
- catalog identifier "0805238530".
- catalog isFormatOf "On time.".
- catalog issued "1983".
- catalog issued "1983, c1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Schocken Books,".
- catalog relation "On time.".
- catalog subject "QB209 .S48 1983".
- catalog subject "Time.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The elusiveness of time -- The measurement of time -- The relativity of time -- Time forward and time reversed -- Time and the universe -- Causality and chance -- Coincidence and meaning -- The experience of time -- Seeing through time -- Interpreting time -- The paradox of time.".
- catalog title "On time : an investigation into scientific knowledge and human experience / Michael Shallis.".
- catalog type "text".