The Children of Time : University of Illinois Press : 9780252064272 : 0252064275 : 01 Jan 1995 :     "A work of scientific substance and critical wisdom, developed in         the urbane idiom of a French scholar." -- J. T. Fraser, founder,         International Society for the Study of Time       "This is the book for those of us who couldn't wade completely through         Hawking's A Brief History of Time and now have it collecting dust         on our bookshelves. Well written, thought-provoking, and, most important,         understandable." -- Michael Epstein, analytical spectroscopist/chemist,         National Institute of Standards and Technology       What is time? Does it really pass? These and other fascinating questions         about the nature of time animate a continuing philosophical and scientific         debate. In this popular French book, now available for the first time         in English; my Lestienne moves to make the bewildering concepts         of time accessible--