The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time
- Typus Hardcover
- Verlag YUP
- Schriftsteller Mazur, Joseph
- ISBN13 9780300229325
- ISBN10 0300229321
- Buchseiten 254
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2020
- Sprache Englisch
The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time
Joseph Mazur is professor emeritus of mathematics at Marlboro College. His previous books include Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math and Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence.
“A sweeping story in search of answers to a tantalizing mystery: what is time? Mazur offers an astonishing array of ideas, interviews and exposition, exploring time from many fascinating viewpoints.”—Robyn Arianrhod, author of Thomas Harriot: A Life in Science
“Mazur has an uncanny ability to engage both a scientific and lay audience through an intertwining of mathematics with tender considerations of humanity, affectingly guiding us to consider our own mortality: the clock winding down within each of us.”—Kia Corthron, playwright and author of The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter, winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
“A journey of discovery in which Mazur, wise in the ways of the wild, invites us to see the edges of the known. This powerful investigation combines formidable research, mathematical expertise, and profound contemplations.”—William Goldbloom Bloch, author of The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
“An expansive meditation on the meanings of time. As masterful teacher and earnest fellow traveler, Mazur leads us with heartfelt compassion, philosophical musings, and clear mathematical explanations, to find ourselves at the heart of it all.”—Gizem Karaali, Editor of Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
- Typus Hardcover
- Verlag YUP
- Schriftsteller Mazur, Joseph
- ISBN13 9780300229325
- ISBN10 0300229321
- Buchseiten 254
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2020
- Sprache Englisch