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Time is Just a Four-Letter Word
Topics:
Introduction
Time and Language: How we talk about time
Stonehenge to Caesium: How we Measure Time
Bicycle Pumps and Rice Puddings: Time's Arrow
Going Straight in a Bent Space: How Matter bends Time
Grouse, Hurricanes and Dead Cats: How to predict
The Beginning and the End
"All You Zombies ....": Good literature, Bad Science and Philosophy
Some Sources:
THe Clock (on at Harbourfront until Nov 25th
All You Zombies .....
CBC Ideas "Living on Oxford Time" by Dan Falk
Why water and oil don't mix
Songs about time (Thank you Jason)
"Gateway", by Sharon Shinn (recommended by Mary)
Time- a documentary
: an interesting documentary prepared by a local company (Immersionography Associates) on various ideas that we have explored in these lectures.
Scientific American "A Matter Of Time:" special edition
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