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The physicist and the philosopher : Einstein and Bergson and the debate that changed our understanding of time by Bergson, Henri;Canales, Jimena;Einstein, Albert is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>"<i>The Physicist and the Philosopher</i> explores the nature of time, the meaning of relativity, and the place of philosophical thought in a scientific age. Canales aims to reposition Einstein's work in a field of disputation and give Bergson back the significance he had in his contemporaries' minds."<b>--Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley</b></p><p>"Like a stone cast on still waters, the Einstein-Bergson debate on the nature of time set off ever-widening ripples in physics a
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- Author
- Bergson, Henri;Canales, Jimena;Einstein, Albert
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, Princeton Univ Pr
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691165349
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Physics, Memoir, Relativity
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (77 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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