Автор:Kichinosuke Tatai Год: 1977 Издание:Japan Publications Страниц: 160 ISBN: 0870403931 Both time and life are currents in themselves. Biology posits chronology; that is, chronology is the basic system of all biology. When I was in high school, I was deeply impressed by Thomas Mann's Der Zauberherg and especially by the first part of Chapter VI. in which the hero, Hans Kastorp, reflects on the meaning of time. He says that time is the greatest mystery. It is never substantial, but always almighty. Present is no more past. Here is no more there. Without doubt, time is cyclic. The past is always repeated in the present. He ponders the means by which the finite existence is harmonized in the universe. The thoughts expressed in this passage influenced my decision to study psychology and physiology and ultimately led me to the study of timing in the living system. My doctoral thesis, presented to the Medical Faculty of Tokyo University in 1947, was on the subject "Human Ability to Adapt to Seasonal Changes." Since the time of that thesis, I have devoted myself to research in...
