附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index.
A chart and an itinerary: An introduction -- 1. Shall I be gone long?: The experience and idea of time -- 2. For ever and a day: The reckoning of time -- 3. To whom there belong?: The times of life, mind, and society -- 4. Ask the stone to say: Time in the world of matter -- 5. Ask my song: Man the measure and measurer of time.
摘要:This volume considers such issues as the origins of the universe; relativity theory; the relation of inanimate to living matter; the biology of aging and death; the brain's perception of time; dreaming vs. waking reality; expectation and memory; the development of calendars.
