The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate That Changed Our Understanding of Time

On April 6, 1922, in Paris, Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson publicly debated the nature of time. Einstein considered Bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physics. Bergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the

• | Author: Jimena Canales
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2016
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780691173177
• | ISBN-10: 0691173176