The nature of time has long puzzled physicists and philosophers. An international conference was convened in April 1996 to examine past, current and new concepts of time as they relate to physics and cosmology. These proceedings incorporate 34 reviews and papers from the conference.

The nature of time has long puzzled physicists and philosophers. Time potentially has very fundamental yet unknown properties. In 1993 a new model of multi-dimensional time was found to relate closely to properties of the cosmological redshift. An international conference was subsequently convened in April 1996 to examine past, current and new concepts of time as they relate to physics and cosmology. These proceedings incorporate 34 reviews and contributed papers from the conference. The major reviews include observational properties of the redshift, alternative cosmologies, critical problems in cosmology, alternative viewpoints and problems in gravitation theory and particle physics, and new approaches to mathematical models of time. Professionals and students with an interest in cosmology and the structure of the universe should find that this book raises critical problems and explores challenging alternatives to classical viewpoints.

Part I The redshift: the pair of X-ray sources across NGC 4258, its relation to intrinsic redshifts, ejection and quantization, H. Arp
a fresh look at discordant redshift galaxies in compact groups, J.W. Sulentic, J.B. Smith
evidence for quantized and variable redshifts in the cosmic background rest frame, W.G. Tifft. Part 2 Testing for quantized redshifts: the project, W.M. Napier, B.N.G. Guthrie
the distribution of galaxy pair redshifts, T.E. Nordgren. Part 3 Critical Properties of the Universe: density fluctuations on super-Hubble scales, Li-Zhi Fang, Yi-Peng Jing
the challenge of large-scale structure, S.A. Gregory
electric space - evolution of the plasma universe, A.L. Peratt
should cosmologists care?, J.G. Laros. Part 4 Statistical methods - testing for quantized redshifts: the local supercluster, W.M. Napier, B.N.G. Guthrie
power spectrum analysis and redshift data, W.I. Newman, Y. Terzian
statistical analysis of the occurrence of periodicities in galaxy redshift data, W. Cocke, et al. zooming in on the redshift problem, P.A. Sturrock. Part 5 New approaches to cosmology: two universes, G. Burbidge
anomalous redshifts and the variable mass hypothesis, J.V. Narlikar
three-dimensional quantized time in cosmology, W.G. Tifft. Part 6 Gravitation and time in general relativity: the stress-energy tensor and the deflection of light in 6-dimensional general relativity, W.J. Cocke
Einstein's greatest mistake?, P.C.W. Davies
time, space and complex geometry, R. Penrose
discrete special scales in a fractal universe, D.F. Roscoe
possible new properties of gravity, T. Van Flandern
on the cosmic limits of physical laws, L. Halpern
changes in concepts of time from Aristotle to Einstein, M. Sachs
on the transmutation and annihilation of pencil-generated spacetime dimensions, M. Saniga. Part 7 Nuclear and particle physics: particles, space and time, V. Icke
time anisotropy and quantum measurement - clues for transcending the geometrical picture of time, A.C. Elitzur
3-D period doubling and magnetic moments of particles, A. Lehto
relics of the primordial origins of space and time in the low energy world, C. Wolf
unexplained empirical relations among certain scatterings, L.W. Morrow
spherical rotation, particles and cosmology, M. Kokus
Part 8 Mathematical models and methods: a non-linear model for time, C.L. DeVito
defining spacetime, W.M. Stuckey
some elementary geometric aspects of extending the dimension of the space of instants, A.P. Pitucco
Fisher information as a measure of time, B.R. Frieden
list of forthcoming papers.