The Nature of Time (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
196
Utgivningsdatum
1989-01-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Medarbetare
Lockwood, Michael
Illustrationer
0
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 13 mm
Vikt
320 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780631165781

The Nature of Time

av Raymond Flood, Michael Lockwood
Häftad,  Engelska, 1989-01-01
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Why does time appear to run in only one direction? We remember the past- but why not the future? We can influence the future- but could we, even theoretically, influence the past? Generations of philosophers and theologians, physicists and mathematicians have puzzles and speculated about these and the many other questions that surround the concept of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain the directionality of time. But time still contains many mysteries- black holes and big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops - that will doubtless continue to occupy us for centuries to come. In this impressive collection of original articles ten internationally known scholars explore and explains the nature of time, apace and now space-time. Founded on the latest developments in thermodynamics, quantum theory and cosmology, their ideas will fascinate anyone interested in Einstein's theory of relativity.
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Raymond Flood, Michael Lockwood

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Raymond Flood is Emeritus Fellow and a member of the Continuing Education Department at Kellogg College, Oxford, and has been a Professor of Geometry at Gresham College. Michael Lockwood is an editor of The Nature of Time published by Wiley.

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The Contributors vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Time 'Paradoxes' in Relativity 6 3 Space, Time and Space--Time: A Philosopher's View 22 4 Big Bangs, Black Holes and 'Time's Arrow' 36 5 Time and Cosmology 63 6 Time and Dispersal: The Second Law 80 7 Time Asymmetry and Quantum Mechanics 99 8 The Open Future 125 9 Causal Loops 135 Glossary 170 Bibliography 180 Index 183

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