“Time is paradoxical. Here it flows evenly. There it is turbulent, with countercurrents, eddies, and whirlpools. Here it is gathered. There it unfurls over the very long term. “Weather” and “time” are the same word in many languages: le temps in French; o kairos in Greek (Serres with Latour 1995, 60).” (p. 152) #Olsen #Shanks #Webmoor #Witmore #time #weather #temps
“[W]e presented a System of the World in which an active principle, the Xon, generates Space and Time by ‚occurring‘ in a substrate made up of i-points bearing no geometric relations of distance or proximity with each other—in brief, which do not constitute a continuum.” (p. 1427) #Auffray #Xon #space #time #continuum
“Thus defined, time does not pass, it does not flow; it ticks and it lasts.” (p. 1430) #Auffray #time
“The random-cluster model as studied so far is random in space but not in time. There are a variety of ways of introducing time-dynamics into the model, and some good reasons for so doing. The principal reason is that, in our 3 + 1 dimensional universe, the time-evolution of processes is fundamental. It entails the concepts of equilibrium and convergence, of metastability, and of chaos. A rigorous theory of time-evolution in statistical mechanics is one of the major achievements of modern probability theory with which the names Dobrushin, Spitzer, and Liggett are easily associated.” (p. 222) #Grimmett #Random-ClusterModel #Space #Time #ProbabilityTheory
“Primary times provide the grounds for secondary times. Primary times are relational. Secondary times are processual. Primary times are spatial, yet saturated with a ceaseless, liquid motion. Secondary times separate space and time.” (p. 156) #Olsen #Shanks #Webmoor #Witmore #time #space