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Combining original historical research with literary analysis, Adam Barrows takes a provocative look at the creation of world standard time in 1884 and rethinks the significance of this remarkable moment in modernism for both the processes of imperialism and for modern literature. As representatives from twenty-four nations argued over adopting the Prime Meridian, and thereby measuring time in relation to Greenwich, England, writers began experimenting with new ways of representing human temporality. Barrows finds this experimentation in works as varied as Victorian adventure novels, high modernist texts, and South Asian novels-including the work of James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, H. Rider Haggard, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, and Joseph Conrad. Demonstrating the investment of modernist writing in the problems of geopolitics and in the public discourse of time, Barrows argues that it is possible, and productive, to rethink the politics of modernism through the politics of time.

Time --- Modernism (Literature) --- Time in literature. --- English fiction --- Standard time --- Time zones --- Units of measurement --- Frequency standards --- Hours (Time) --- Geodetic astronomy --- Nautical astronomy --- Horology --- Systems and standards. --- Political aspects. --- History and criticism. --- Standards --- 1884. --- adventure novels. --- backward arrow. --- bram stoker. --- cosmopolitan clock. --- empire. --- geopolitics. --- globe. --- greenwich. --- h rider haggard. --- high modernism. --- human temporality. --- imperialism. --- india. --- indian literature. --- james joyce. --- joseph conrad. --- literary criticism. --- modern literature. --- modernism. --- modernist. --- modernity. --- nature of time. --- negri. --- politics. --- prime meridian. --- rudyard kipling. --- science. --- semiotics theory. --- south asian novels. --- standard time. --- temporality. --- time. --- victorian culture. --- victorian literature. --- virginia woolf. --- world standard time.

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This edited book presents the problems of time and direction from an interdisciplinary point of view, concentrating in particular on the following relations: • Time and physics • Time, philosophy and psychology • Time, mathematics and information theory It is a unique contribution by philosophers and scientists who are active in mathematics, physics, biology, engineering, information theory and psychology. Questions such as the existence of a Big Bang, the neurobiological basis regarding the coexistence of free will and determinism, intercultural aspects of time, mathematical models of time, psychopathological features of time, and micro reversibility versus macroscopic irreversibility are studied. It also provides a truly interdisciplinary study of the problematic 'arrow of time'.

Time. --- Time --- Systems and standards. --- Standard time --- Time zones --- Hours (Time) --- Standards --- History. --- Philosophy and science. --- Physics. --- History of Science. --- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Geodetic astronomy --- Nautical astronomy --- Horology --- Units of measurement --- Frequency standards --- Science --- Philosophy. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Mathematical physics. --- Science and philosophy --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Mathematics

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The high accuracy of modern astronomical spatial-temporal reference systems has made them considerably complex. This book offers a comprehensive overview of such systems. It begins with a discussion of ‘The Problem of Time’, including recent developments in the art of clock making (e.g., optical clocks) and various time scales. The authors address  the definitions and realization of spatial coordinates by reference to remote celestial objects such as quasars. After an extensive treatment of classical equinox-based coordinates, new paradigms for setting up a celestial reference system are introduced that no longer refer to the translational and rotational motion of the Earth. The role of relativity in the definition and realization of such systems is clarified. The topics presented in this book are complemented by exercises (with solutions). The authors offer a series of files, written in Maple, a standard computer algebra system, to help readers get a feel for the various models and orders of magnitude. Beyond astrometry, the main fields of application of high-precision astronomical spatial-temporal reference systems and frames are navigation (GPS, interplanetary spacecraft navigation) and global geodynamics, which provide a high-precision Celestial Reference System and its link to any terrestrial spatial-temporal reference system. Mankind’s urgent environmental questions can only be answered in the context of appropriate reference systems in which both aspects, space and time, are realized with a sufficiently high level of accuracy. This book addresses all those interested in high-precision reference systems and the various techniques (GPS, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Satellite Laser Ranging, Lunar Laser Ranging) necessary for their realization, including the production and dissemination of time signals.  .

Astronautics in geodesy. --- Geodesy -- Remote sensing. --- Geographic information systems. --- Geodetic astronomy --- Space and time --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Practical & Spherical Astronomy --- Astronomy - General --- Celestial reference systems. --- Time --- Systems and standards. --- Standard time --- Time zones --- Celestial coordinate systems --- Celestial frames of reference --- Celestial reference frames --- Coordinate systems, Celestial --- Frames of reference, Celestial --- Reference frames, Celestial --- Reference systems, Celestial --- Standards --- Physics. --- Geophysics. --- Gravitation. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Space sciences. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. --- Observations. --- Units of measurement --- Frequency standards --- Coordinates --- Physical geography. --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Geography --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Measurement   . --- Field theory (Physics) --- Matter --- Antigravity --- Centrifugal force --- Relativity (Physics) --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Properties