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"A discussion of the historical development of our ideas of time as they relate to nature, human nature and society. . . . The excellence of "The Discovery of Time" is unquestionable."--Martin Lebowitz, "The Kenyon Review"
| ISBN | 0226808424 | | Pages | 280 | | ISBN13 | 9780226808420
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | The University of Chicago Press | | Weight (grammes) | 350 | | Imprint | University of Chicago Press | | Published in | Chicago, IL | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 01 May 1982 | | Width (mm) | 150 | | Library of Congress | 81071398 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY | 529 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | 9 | | | | Authors' Foreword | | 15 | | | | Introduction: The Problem of Historical Inference | | 17 | | 1 | | Memories and Myths | | 23 | | 2 | | Science without History | | 33 | | 3 | | The Authority of the Scriptures | | 55 | | 4 | | The Revival of Natural Philosophy | | 74 | | 5 | | The Revival of Civil History | | 103 | | 6 | | Time's Creative Hand | | 125 | | 7 | | The Earth Acquires a History | | 141 | | 8 | | The Background to Darwin | | 171 | | 9 | | Life Acquires a Genealogy | | 197 | | 10 | | History and the Human Sciences | | 232 | | 11 | | Time and the Physical World | | 247 | | | | Epilogue: Nature and History | | 266 | | | | Index | | 273 |
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