{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-time-science-philosophy-theology-culture-1st-ed","title":"Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, \u0026 Culture (1ST ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis reference work will provide students, educators, and a wide array of interested readers with a greater understanding of and deeper appreciation for those facts, concepts, perspectives, research methods, and theoretical frameworks that make up our modern comprehension of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\".... \n\u003cb\u003eBOTTOM LINE\u003c\/b\u003e With a strong interdisciplinary approach to a subject that does not lend itself easily to the reference format, this work may not seem to support directly academic programs beyond general research, but it is a more thorough and up-to-date treatment than Taylor and Francis's 1994 Encyclopedia of Time. \n\u003cb\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e.\" [starred review] \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e--Samantha Schmehl Hines \"Library Journal\" (6\/1\/2009 12:00:00 AM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Birx is a well known scholar in anthropology who has published several award winning books as well as our recent, Encyclopedia of Anthropology. He has held such distinguished guest scholar appointments at Harvard and soon to be Cambridge University. Birx single-handedly assembled the entire 5 volume Anthropology work which includes over 1100 entries and 500 contributors. He is a master at developing major works and keeps the projects on schedule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"With a strong interdisciplinary approach to a subject that does not lend itself easily to the reference format, this work may not seem to support directly academic programs beyond general research, but it is a more thorough and up-to-date treatment than Taylor and Francis′s 1994 Encyclopedia of Time. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e--Library Journal STARRED Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurveying the major facts, concepts, theories, and speculations that infuse our present comprehension of time, the \u003cb\u003eEncyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/b\u003e explores the contributions of scientists, philosophers, theologians, and creative artists from ancient times to the present. By drawing together into one collection ideas from scholars around the globe and in a wide range of disciplines, this Encyclopedia will provide readers with a greater understanding of and appreciation for the elusive phenomenon experienced as time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurveys historical thought about time, including those ideas that emerged in ancient Greece, early Christianity, the Italian Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, and other periods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the original and lasting insights of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, physicist Albert Einstein, philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses the significance of time in the writings of Isaac Asimov, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Francesco Petrarch, H. G. Wells, and numerous other authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains the contributions of naturalists and religionists, including astronomers, cosmologists, physicists, chemists, geologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, and theologians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes artists′ portrayals of the fluidity of time, including painter Salvador Dali′s \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, \u003c\/i\u003eand writers Gustave Flaubert′s \u003ci\u003eThe Temptation of Saint Anthony\u003c\/i\u003e and Henryk Sienkiewicz′s \u003ci\u003eQuo Vadis\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a truly interdisciplinary approach, with discussions of Aztec, Buddhist, Christian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Hindu, Islamic, Navajo, and many other cultures′ conceptions of time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Themes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiology\/Evolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCulture\/History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeology\/Paleontology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysics\/Chemistry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsychology\/Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligion\/Theology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheories\/Concepts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2009 pg. 101 (EAN 9781412941648, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2009 (EAN 9781412941648, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 88 (EAN 9781412941648, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 6 (EAN 9781412941648, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBirx, H James\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDr. H. James Birx\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of anthropology at Canisius College, distinguished research scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and distinguished visiting professor in the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade. He has been an invited scholar at the University of Cambridge and twice at Harvard University. His publications include authoring the award-winning \n\u003ci\u003eTheories of Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e and editing the award-winning \n\u003ci\u003e Encyclopedia of Anthropology, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as 400 published reviews, articles, chapters, and encyclopedia entries. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eDr. Birx has given invited presentations at prestigious universities and academic institutes from Australia, New Zealand and Mexico to Egypt, Germany and Russia. He has done research at the Galapagos Islands and Koobi Fora in Kenya, Africa (among many other sites). His interests include topics in evolutionary biology and process philosophy. Dr. Birx is presently teaching biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, anthropology and evolution, and theories in anthropology. He has contributed six new ideas to philosophical anthropology: dynamic integrity, will to evolve, emerging teleology, Homo futurensis, exoevolution, and cosmic over beings.Dr. Birx′s cultural interests include movies, music (especially opera), reading novels and global traveling. 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