This book presents a 'modal' account that emphasizes the similarities between times and the possible worlds in modal logic instead of a 'spatial' account of tim

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Explores mankind's developing notion of time, from the first primitive clocks and sundials to the expanding space-time of the theory of relativity.

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

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