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ALMAGEST, International journal for the History of Scientific Ideas, 2022/2
The Ultimate Quest: A History of Accuracy in Time Measurement
- Pages: 157 p.
- Size:160 x 240 mm
- Language(s):English, French
- Publication Year:2023
- € 37,50 EXCL. VAT RETAIL PRICE
- ISBN: 978-2-503-59796-6
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Special Issue: The Ultimate Quest: A History of Accuracy in Time Measurement
Introduction
Alexander Jones, Precision of Time Observation in Greco-Roman Astrology and Astronomy
Meropi Morfouli, La précision dans la mesure du temps et la Nouvelle Philosophie Étude de cas (Alexandre Koyré & Richard Westfall)
Niccolò Guicciardini, Newtonian Absolute Time vs Fluxional Time
Jean-Pierre Provost, Three Historical Issues Dealing with Time and Inertia in Relation to Present Physics
Christian Bracco, Jean-Pierre Provost, First-order Relativity: From Fresnel’s 1818 “Drag” Coefficient to Lorentz’s 1895 “Local Time” Followed by Poincaré’s 1900 Interpretation, and Finally up to Einstein’s 1911-1912 Spatially Flat Metric
Claus Beisbart, Can Cosmologists Really Measure the Age of the Universe?
Marc Lachièze-Rey, Time Measurements without Time