The Little Book of Time

From the distinguished philosopher and historian of science Klaus Mainzer, a very brief history of the way we have come to understand, and not understand, time.

From the reviews:

"In this philosophical rumination on time, Mainzer delves rigorously into time's logical constructs as they have been devised over the history of occidental science." Booklist

"Klaus Mainzer provides a brief overview of the concept of time from antiquity to the present. The Little Book of Time succinctly and clearly covers human concepts of time, from the ancients to Newton to Einstein's theory of relativity and the conceptions of time in quantum mechanics, with its profound consequences for modern cosmology." (Science in Africa, October, 2002)

"Time is a big subject . The book will probably be interesting to enthusiasts . The flavor is philosophical, which is not surprising since Mainzer is a philosopher. the book is a nice summary." (Thomas R. Berger, MathDL, January, 2004)

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer, geboren 1947, hat einen Lehrstuhl für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie inne und ist Direktor des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Informatik an der Universität Augsburg. Zahlreiche Fachpublikationen.

Inhalt
1 Time in the Classical and Medieval Worldviews.- 2 Time in the Worldview of Classical Physics.- 3 Relativistic Spacetime.- 4 Time and the Quantum World.- 5 Time and Thermodynamics.- 6 Time and Life.- 7 Time and Consciousness.- 8 Time in History and Culture.- Further Reading.