Duration and simultaneity
Subtitle: Bergson and the Einsteinian Universe
By: Henri Bergson ; edited aand with an introduction by Robin Durie ; Translation of supplementary material Mark Lewis and Robin Durie.
Contributors: Durie, Robin
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The library of liberal arts ;; 199
Publisher: Clinamen Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Time; Relativity (Physics)
Description: "Bergson's central contention is that time is not measurable by any objective standard; in Duration and Simultaneity, that position is tried out against the major movement in physics of the day - Relativity. Bergson argues that Relativity fails to live up to the promise of a truly relative physics, and counter to its own spirit retains some of the objectivist assumptions of previous world views. Duration and Simultaneity was conceived in the desire to make good the new paradigm to which Relativity was bound to lay claim; in the desire to be more Einsteinian than Einstein."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 43-45.