Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. PART 1. THE DEBATE
5. CHAPTER 1. Untimely 3
6. CHAPTER 2. “More Einsteinian than Einstein” 16
7. CHAPTER 3. Science or Philosophy? 38
8. PART 2. THE MEN
9. CHAPTER 4. The Twin Paradox 53
10. CHAPTER 5. Bergson’s Achilles’ Heel 62
11. CHAPTER 6. Worth Mentioning? 73
12. CHAPTER 7. Bergson Writes to Lorentz 87
13. CHAPTER 8. Bergson Meets Michelson 98
14. CHAPTER 9. The Debate Spreads 114
15. CHAPTER 10. Back from Paris 131
16. CHAPTER 11. Two Months Later 139
17. CHAPTER 12. Logical Positivism 153
18. CHAPTER 13. The Immediate Aftermath 162
19. CHAPTER 14. An Imaginary Dialogue 172
20. CHAPTER 15. “Full-Blooded” Time 179
21. CHAPTER 16. The Previous Spring 195
22. CHAPTER 17. The Church 203
23. CHAPTER 18. The End of Universal Time 218
24. CHAPTER 19. Quantum Mechanics 230
25. PART 3. THE THINGS
26. CHAPTER 20. Things 241
27. CHAPTER 21. Clocks and Wristwatches 252
28. CHAPTER 22. Telegraph, Telephone, and Radio 265
29. CHAPTER 23. Atoms and Molecules 274
30. CHAPTER 24. Einstein’s Films: Reversible 283
31. CHAPTER 25. Bergson’s Movies: Out of Control 292
32. CHAPTER 26. Microbes and Ghosts 303
33. CHAPTER 27. One New Point: Recording Devices 315
34. PART 4. THE WORDS
35. CHAPTER 28. Bergson’s Last Comments 327
36. CHAPTER 29. Einstein’s Last Thoughts 337
37. Postface 349
38. Acknowledgments 359
39. Notes 363
40. Bibliography 423
41. Index 451