The concept of time, from Palaeolithic to Newtonian physics
The evolution of the concept of time, from the first hunters-gatherers communities of the Paleolithic to the Newtonian physics is shortly reviewed. In particular, attention id paid to the social needs that contributed to change this concept from the Prehistory to the Bronze Age and then to the Iron...
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| description | The evolution of the concept of time, from the first hunters-gatherers communities of the Paleolithic to the Newtonian physics is shortly reviewed. In particular, attention id paid to the social needs that contributed to change this concept from the Prehistory to the Bronze Age and then to the Iron Age, the classical philosophy, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, up to the birth of modern science. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed20257083354400b206a58e4cca18132022-12-21T21:14:49ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2013-09-01580300110.1051/epjconf/20135803001The concept of time, from Palaeolithic to Newtonian physicsPolcaro Vito FrancescoThe evolution of the concept of time, from the first hunters-gatherers communities of the Paleolithic to the Newtonian physics is shortly reviewed. In particular, attention id paid to the social needs that contributed to change this concept from the Prehistory to the Bronze Age and then to the Iron Age, the classical philosophy, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, up to the birth of modern science.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135803001 |
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