Table of Contents

Dr J. T. Fraser: Introduction
1: The Origin of Our Idea of Time
2: Time and Ourselves
3: Biological Clocks
4: The Measurement of Time
5: Time and Relativity
6: Time, Gravitation and the Universe
7: The Origin and Arrow of Time
8: The Significance of Time
Appendix: Temporal Order in Special Relativity
Dr J. T. Fraser and Professor M. P. Soulsby: Bibliography
Index

About the Author

G. J. Whitrow was the first President of the International Society for the Study of Time and held the same position in numerous other scientific societies. He was a frequent broadcaster on radio and his many books include 'Time in History', 'Atoms and the Universe' (with G.O. Jones and J. Rotblat) and 'Einstein: The Man and His Achievement'. Dr J. T. Fraser is the founder of the International Society for the Study of Time and author of several books including
'Time, Conflict, and Human Values' . He is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost expert on the study of time. Professor Marlene P. Soulsby is Associate Professor in German and Comparative Literature
at Pennsylvania State University.