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This volume addresses the question of time from the perspective of the time of nature. Its aim is to provide some insights about the nature of time on the basis of the different uses of the concept of time in natural sciences. Presenting a dialogue between philosophy and science, it features a collection of papers that investigate the representation, modeling and understanding of time as they appear in physics, biology, geology and paleontology. It asks questions such as: whether or not the notions of time in the various sciences are reducible to the same physical time, what status should...

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It's the biggest revolution you've never heard of, and it's hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and Amy Cuddy have turned everything we thought we knew about high performance upside down. Instead of grit, better habits, or 10,000 hours, these...

In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were asked to pay attention to scientific practices in meticulous detail and along multiple dimensions, including the material, social and psychological. Following this turn, the interest in scientific practices continued to increase and had an indelible influence in the various fields of science studies. No doubt, the practice turn changed our conceptions and approaches of science, but what did it really teach us? What does it mean to...

“Lacan ◊ Nietzsche” es el reverso filosófico de la moral occidental y sin embargo permanece fiel al canon ético de occidente, cuyo origen se encuentra en Platón, pero quizás más radicalmente en la sofistica griega, aquella tan vituperada por la academia, lo que nos lleva a reflexionar sobre el lugar de exclusión que se produce ante la denuncia de la ilusión, base de partida para poder diferenciar los hechos –los cuales siempre serán sólo interpretaciones -de la verdad subjetiva, la única realmente...

What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces as anyone else. In this provocative book, he argues that fashion, faith, and fantasy, while sometimes productive and even essential in physics, may be leading today's researchers astray in three...

If you’ve ever wondered if a particle can have weight but no mass, why the neutron is neutral or why the electron—a negative particle—doesn’t fly apart when all of its inner parts are presumably negative also, then this book is for you.

John R. Holt chases the holy grail of science—a theory that explains everything—in this ambitious work that draws upon particle physics, theoretical physics, cosmology, and related disciplines.

Combining empirical facts with reasonable speculation, he presents a simple theory in an easy-to-understand...