Voices of time: selected manuscripts, 1962-1965.

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Voices of time: selected manuscripts, 1962-1965.

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Typescripts and correspondence. The twenty-six typescripts, selected and edited by J. T. Fraser for the book, THE VOICES OF TIME: A COOPERATIVE SURVEY OF MAN'S VIEW OF TIME AS EXPRESSED BY THE SCIENCES AND BY THE HUMANITIES (1966), are in various states of outline, draft, and revision. The chapters are essays on conceptions of time from the perspective of a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, Eastern and Western religious thought, language and literature, psychology, as well as evolution, biochemistry, relativity, quantum theory, and thermodynamics. Also included are biographical sketches of the contributors. The correspondence between Fraser and the contributors documents the editing and compilation of the book. Correspondents include: Milic Capek, Herbert Dingle, Richard Schlegel, Satoshi Watanabe, and Edward J. Zimmerman.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Zimmerman, Edward John, 1924-

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Schlegel, Richard, 1913-

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Physicist (theoretical physics and philosophy of science). Member of the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago, 1943-1945; Princeton University, 1945-1948; professor of physics, Michigan State University, 1948-1982. Died 1982. From the description of Papers, 1947-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81639516 ...

Watanabe, Satoshi, 1910-

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Dingle, Herbert, 1890-1978

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Born, 1890; educated at Plymouth Science, Art and Technical Schools, Imperial College; member of the British government eclipse expeditions, 1927, 1932; Lowell Lecturer, Boston, USA, 1936; Professor of Natural Philosophy, Imperial College, 1938; Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University College London, 1946-1955; President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1951-1953; Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science, 1955; died, 1978. Publications: include: Modern Astroph...

Capek, Milie.

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Fraser, J. T. (Julius Thomas), 1923-2010

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Philosopher and historian of sciences (study of time). On staff of Mackay Radio and Television Co., 1950-1953; Westinghouse Electric Corp., 1953-1955; Singer Co., 1955-1971; founder and secretary of International Society for Study of Time from 1966; on the faculty of Fordham University from 1971. From the description of Voices of time: selected manuscripts, 1962-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83225205 ...