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Fractal time : why a watched kettle never boils /

This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the notion of fractal time, starting from scratch with a philosophical and perceptual puzzle. How subjective duration varies, depending on the way we embed current content into contexts, is explained. The complexity of our temporal perspective...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vrobel, Susie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2011.
Series:Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life sciences ; v. 14.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 When Time Slows Down: Subjective Duration; Chapter 2 The Fractal Structure of the Now: Time's Length, Depth and Density; Chapter 3 Fractal Temporal Perspectives: Corrective Distortions; Chapter 4 The View from Within: Extended Boundaries; Chapter 5 Contextualization: Embedded Observer-Participants; Chapter 6 Temporal Binding: Synchronizing Perceptions; Chapter 7 Nesting vs Global and Local Perspectives; Chapter 8 Duration: Distributing Content and Context; Chapter 9 Modifying Duration I: Nesting and De-Nesting.