Einstein's clocks and Poincaré's maps
Subtitle: empires of time
By: Peter Galison.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955; Poincaré, Henri, -- 1854-1912; Time; Relativity (Physics)
Description: At the beginning of the 20th century, just as industry and government were anticipating the immanent coordination of time around the globe, says Galison (history of science and of physics, Harvard U.), the notion of time and the ability to coordinate two clocks at a distance, were being demolished in the nexus of physics, technology, and philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: Synchrony; title: Coal, chaos, and convention; title: The electric worldmap; title: Poincaré's maps; title: Einstein's clocks; title: The place of time.