Time in physics and biology
Biol. Res
;
37(4,supl.A): 759-765, 2004. ilus, tab
Article
in English
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RESUMO
In contrast with classical physics, particularly with Sir Isaac Newton, where time is a continuous function, generally valid, eternally and evenly flowing as an absolute time dimension, in the biological sciences, time is in essence of cyclical nature (physiological periodicities), where future passes to past through an infinitely thin boundary, the present. In addition, the duration of the present (DP) leads to the so-called 'granulation of time' in living beings, so that by the fusion of two successive pictures of the world, which are not entirely similar, they attain the perception of 'movement,' both in the real world as well as in the sham-movement in the mass media (TV).
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Main subject:
Physics
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Time
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Biology
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Models, Biological
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Biol. Res
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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