Treats in a new cinematic manner man’s unequal struggle to gain an intellectual grasp on the idea of time, its origin, measurement and place in theoretical physics. An exploration of the concept of time reduced to a human scale and ranging through the major historical developments; mans first notion of time; its relation to movement and more recent concepts of biological time, time in relativistic terms.
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ACMI Identifier
008886
Language
English
Subject categories
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Time
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)