Time
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Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. Time has been a major subject of religion, philosophy, and science, but defining time in a non-controversial manner applicable to all fields of study has consistently eluded the greatest scholars.
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Books
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- About Time by Paul Davies
- An Experiment with Time by J. W. Dunne
- Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Organizations
Leading scholarly organizations for researchers on the history and technology of time and timekeeping
- Antiquarian Horological Society – AHS (United Kingdom)
- Chronometrophilia (Switzerland)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie – DGC (Germany)
- National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors - NAWCC (United States of America)
Miscellaneous arts and sciences
- Anachronistic
- Date and time notation by country
- List of cycles
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Nonlinear (arts)
- Philosophy of physics
- Rate (mathematics)
Miscellaneous units of time
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