CHANGES IN CONCEPTS OF TIME FROM ARISTOTLE TO EINSTEIN

Authors
SACHS M
Citation
M. Sachs, CHANGES IN CONCEPTS OF TIME FROM ARISTOTLE TO EINSTEIN, Astrophysics and space science, 244(1-2), 1996, pp. 269-281
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
244
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
269 - 281
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1996)244:1-2<269:CICOTF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The meaning of time and motion is discussed, at first tracing conceptu al changes from Aristotle to Galileo/Newton to Einstein. Different vie ws of 'time' in 20th century physics are then examined, with primary f ocus on the revolutionary changes that came with the theory of general relativity. Implications of its new view in all domains of physics ar e discussed - from elementary particles to cosmology. The special role of Hamilton's quaternion calculus in equations of motion in general r elativity is shown.