The Natural Philosophy of TimeClarendon Press, 1980 - 399 Seiten |
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... definition of absolute time , Newton not only stated that ' all things are placed in time as to order of succession ... definition refers , however , to successive states of the whole universe . From the practical point of view , the ...
... definition of absolute time , Newton not only stated that ' all things are placed in time as to order of succession ... definition refers , however , to successive states of the whole universe . From the practical point of view , the ...
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... definition of points in terms of percepti- ble objects . Its application to the definition of momentary instants was first studied by Norbert Wiener ( 1914 ) . Whitehead's method depends on a subtle device which , in view of its many ...
... definition of points in terms of percepti- ble objects . Its application to the definition of momentary instants was first studied by Norbert Wiener ( 1914 ) . Whitehead's method depends on a subtle device which , in view of its many ...
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... definition of time direction in terms of the entropy of an isolated system . Instead of the history of a single system , he considered statistically a large number of what he called ' branch systems ' . These are subsystems relatively ...
... definition of time direction in terms of the entropy of an isolated system . Instead of the history of a single system , he considered statistically a large number of what he called ' branch systems ' . These are subsystems relatively ...
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
Urheberrecht | |
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