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A study in temporality
SUSAN BROADHURST
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Wilson uses here a
variety of instruments for
time measurement. (See
Brecht 1978: 330.)
2
Allusion to a solar eclipse
of 1919, where the
appearance of two
adjacent stars
demonstrated the
curvature of space,
supporting Einsteinian
Relativity.
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Probably an allusion to
Einsteins thoughtexperiment regarding the
slowing of time relative to
speed (Cunningham 1999:
158).
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Reference to a famous
press photograph of
Einstein sticking his
tongue out.
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Initially expressed in
The Gay Science (1974)
and developed in Thus
Spoke Zarathustra (1969)
and Ecce Homo (1979).
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References
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