Einstein's clocks: The place of time.
Explores the meaning of distant simultaneity in space-time continuum hypothesized by the scientist Albert Einstein. Assumptions on the behavior of clocks, rulers, and bodies in motion; Efforts of coordinating time; Contributions to the theory of relativity; Metaphysics in precision electromechanica...
| Publicado en: | Critical Inquiry Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 355 - 390 |
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University of Chicago Press
Winter2000
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| Sumario: | Explores the meaning of distant simultaneity in space-time continuum hypothesized by the scientist Albert Einstein. Assumptions on the behavior of clocks, rulers, and bodies in motion; Efforts of coordinating time; Contributions to the theory of relativity; Metaphysics in precision electromechanical instrumentation. |
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