What Is Time?: The Classic Account of the Nature of Time

by G.J. Whitrow

Book Overview

G. J. Whitrow (1912-2000) begins this classic exploration of the nature of time with a story about a Russian poet, visiting London before the First World War. The poet's English was not too good and when he asked a man in the street, 'Please, what is time?' he received the response, 'But that's a philosophical question. Why ask me?'.
Starting from this simple anecdote, Professor Whitrow takes us on a good-humored and wide-ranging tour of the thing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198607814
• ISBN13: 9780198607816
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Challenge your Western Mind Set

When you begin to get people to try and see alternative views of time, history and political perspectives, a tool like this help drive the point home. Time has always been thought of as we do now and may be a creature of cultural and language. This book guides a reader through that journey