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The Children of Time: Causality, Entropy, Becoming [Paperback]

Remy Lestienne (Author), E C Neher (Author)

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"A work of scientific substance and critical wisdom, developed in the urbane idiom of a French scholar." -- J. T. Fraser, founder, International Society for the Study of Time

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press (January 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0252064275
ISBN-13: 978-0252064272
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,735,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #88 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Physics > Entropy

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First Sentence:
Paleontology cannot reveal to us the exact thoughts and fears of the first humans. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
propagated causality, terrestrial radius, temporal irreversibility, linear thermodynamics, electrical moment, invariant interval, causal time, stationary clock, advanced waves

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Big Bang, Middle Ages, Jacques Monod, Albert of Saxony, Ilya Prigogine, New York, Saint Augustine, Charles Lyell, Paolo Sarpi, Paul Fraisse, Royal Society, World War

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This book cites 73 books:

The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on 7 pages
The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on page 37, page 38, and Back Matter
The Geometry of Biological Time by Arthur T. Winfree on page 135, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on page 37, page 38, and Back Matter
The Philosophy of Space and Time (Dover Books on Physics) by Hans Reichenbach on page 62, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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The Creative Power of Chance by Remy Lestienne on 6 pages
Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics by Herbert Zettl on page 222, and Back Matter
Time And Society by Warren D. Tenhouten in Back Matter

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