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The Study of Time

Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Oberwolfach (Black Forest) — West Germany

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1972

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  1. J. T. Fraser

    1. Pleasantville, USA

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  2. F. C. Haber

    1. Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  3. G. H. Müller

    1. Mathematisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany

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The First Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time was held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut at Oberwolfach in the Black Forest, Federal Republic of Germany from Sunday, 31 August to Saturday, 6 September, 1969. The origin of this conference and the formation of the Society goes back to a proposal due to J. T. Fraser that was discussed at a conference on "Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Time" held by the New York Academy of Sciences in January, 1966. It was unanimously agreed than that an international society should be formed on an interdisciplinary basis with the object of stimulating interest in all problems concerning 'time and that this object could best be attained by means of conferences held at regular intervals. J. T. Fraser was elected Secretary, S. Watanabe Treasurer, and I was elected President. It was agreed, at my suggestion, that the organization of the first conference of the newly formed Society be left to a committee of these three officers, on the understanding that they would invite authorities on the role of time in the various special sciences and humanities to form an Advisory Board to assist them. One of the main difficulties in seeking support for an interdisciplinary conference is that most foundations confine their interest exclusively either to the sciences or to the humanities.

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Table of contents (38 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Reflections on the History of the Concept of Time

    1. Reflections on the History of the Concept of Time

      • G. J. Whitrow
      Pages 1-11

  3. Time and the Physical Sciences

    1. The Time Coordinate in Einstein’s Restricted Theory of Relativity

      • J. D. North
      Pages 12-32

    2. General Relativity and Time in the Solar System

      • G. C. McVittie
      Pages 33-38

    3. Zeit als physikalischer Begriff

      • Friedrich Hund
      Pages 39-52

    4. Time in Particle Physics

      • J. G. Taylor
      Pages 53-58

    5. Time in Statistical Physics and Special Relativity

      • P. T. Landsberg
      Pages 59-109

    6. The Myth of the Passage of Time

      • David Park
      Pages 110-121

    7. Time Asymmetry, Time Reversal, and Irreversibility

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 122-130

    8. No Paradox in the Theory of Time Anisotropy

      • Olivier Costa de Beauregard
      Pages 131-139

    9. Pierre Curie’s Principle of One-Way Process

      • Lancelot Law Whyte
      Pages 140-147

    10. In Defence of the Direction of Time

      • K. G. Denbigh
      Pages 148-158

    11. Creative Time

      • Satosi Watanabe
      Pages 159-189

  4. Time in the Life Sciences

    1. Temporal Order as the Origin of Spatial Order in Embryos

      • B. C. Goodwin
      Pages 190-199

    2. Time in the Evolutionary Process

      • John Maynard Smith
      Pages 200-205

    3. The Measurement of Perceptual Durations

      • Robert Efron
      Pages 207-218

    4. Oscillations as Possible Basis for Time Perception

      • Ernst Pöppe
      Pages 219-241

    5. Processing of Temporal Information and the Cognitive Theory of Time Experience

      • John A. Michon
      Pages 242-258

    6. The Psychophysical Structure of Temporal Information

      • G. Patrick Meredith
      Pages 259-273

    7. The Dimensions of the Sensible Present

      • H. A. C. Dobbs
      Pages 274-292
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Pleasantville, USA

    J. T. Fraser

  • Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    F. C. Haber

  • Mathematisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany

    G. H. Müller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Study of Time

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Oberwolfach (Black Forest) — West Germany

  • Editors: J. T. Fraser, F. C. Haber, G. H. Müller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65387-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin · Heidelberg 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-65389-6Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65387-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 550

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Mathematics, general

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