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082 _a529 W.W.N 2003 A059 Or.
100 1 _aGalison, Peter Louis
245 1 0 _aEinstein's clocks and Poincar©♭'s maps :
_bempires of time /
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_cc2003
300 _a389 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm
500 _aleisure reading
520 _aAt the beginning of the 20th century, just as industry and government were anticipating the immanent coordination of time around the globe, says Galison (history of science and of physics, Harvard U.), the notion of time and the ability to coordinate two clocks at a distance, were being demolished in the nexus of physics, technology, and philosophy
650 0 _aTime
650 0 _aRelativity (Physics)
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2002155114.html
942 _cEK
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