Time and sciences

183 p., tabl., ref. bib. : dissem.These essays constitute the third of a series aimed at establishing communication between contemporary cultures through studies of fundamental concepts that are not only immediately evident in daily life but are central also to any form of systematic and comprehensive view of the world. They are based on papers presented at an expert meeting, Time and the Sciences: Impact of Scientific Expressions of Time on Differing Cultures, held at the Royal Institution in London