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Time's arrows today :

0521461111

0521599458

9780521461115

9780521599450

b737274

Time's arrows today :

[Book]

recent physical and philosophical work on the direction of time /

edited by Steven F. Savitt.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

1995.

xiii, 330 pages :

illustrations ;

26 cm

Chiefly proceedings of the 'Time's Arrows Today' Conference, held in June 1992 at the University of British Columbia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.

Part I. Cosmology and time's arrow. Time, gravity, and quantum mechanics / William Unruh -- Cosmology, time's arrow, and that old double standard / Huw Price -- Part II. Quantum theory and time's arrow. Time's arrow and the quantum measurement problem / Anthony Leggett -- Time, decoherence, and 'reversible' measurements / Philip Stamp -- Time flow, non-locality, and measurement in quantum mechanics / Storrs McCall -- Stochastically branching spacetime topology / Roy Douglas -- Part III. Thermodynamics and time's arrow. The elusive object of desire : in pursuit of the kinetic equations and the Second Law ; Time in experience and in theoretical description of the world / Lawrence Sklar -- When and why does entropy increase? / Martin Barrett & Elliott Sober -- Part IV. Time travel and time's arrow. Closed causal chains / Paul Horwich -- Recent work on time travel / John Earman.

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While it seems manifest in our experience that time flows - from the past to the present moment and into the future, there are a number of philosophical and physical objections to this commonsense view of dynamic time. In the quest to make sense of this conundrum philosophers and physicists confront fascinating and irresistible questions such as: Can effects precede causes? Can one travel in time? Can the expansion of the universe or the process of measurement in quantum mechanics provide a direction of time? In this book eleven eminent scholars, standing at the boundary between physics and philosophy, attempt to answer these questions in an entertaining yet rigorous way. For example, William Unruh's chapter is one of the first non-technical essays by this important cosmologist and Huw Price discusses critically the exciting cosmological views of Hawking and Penrose. Philip Stamp and Anthony Leggett discuss macroscopic quantum phenomena, a subject which has not been discussed much outside the specialist literature. John Earman's paper on time travel is likely to become one of the landmarks in the literature. The book will be enjoyed by anyone of a speculative turn of mind fascinated by the puzzles of time.

Recent physical and philosophical work on the direction of time

Space and time.

Time-- Philosophy.

Temps.

33.02 philosophy and theory of physics.

Espace et temps.

Espace-temps.

Filosofische aspecten.

Kosmologie.

Quantum theory.

Relativité (physique)

Space and time.

Space and time.

Temps (philosophie)

Temps.

Théorie quantique.

Tijd.

Time-- Philosophy.

Time-- Philosophy.

Savitt, Steven Frederick.

'Time's Arrows Today' Conference(1992 :, University of British Columbia)

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