Direction of Time

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Distinguished physicist examines emotive significance of time, time order of mechanics, time direction of thermodynamics and microstatistics, time direction of macrostatistics, and time of quantum physics. Analytic methods of scientific philosophy in investigation of probability, quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, causality. 1971 edition.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-03-28
Mått:136 x 215 x 15 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:DOVER BOOKS ON PHYSICS
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN:9780486409269

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Innehållsförteckning

I. Introduction1. The Emotive Significance of TimeII. The Time Order of Mechanics2. The Qualitative Properties of Time3. The Causal Theory of Time4. Causality in Classical Physics5. The Causal Definition of Time Order6. InterventionIII. The Time Direction of Thermodynamics and Microstatistics7. Report on the Second Law of Thermodynamics8. The Statistical Definition of Entropy9. Extension of Statistics to Different Energy Levels10. A Deterministic Interpretation of Thermodynamical Statistics11. Determinism Versus Indeterminism in Classical Physics12. The Probability Lattice13. The Reversibility Objection14. The Time Direction of the Space Ensemble15. The Sectional Nature of Time Direction16. The Hypothesis of the Branch StructureIV. The Time Direction of Macrostatistics17. Macroarrangements and Macroentropy18. Cause and Effect: Producing and Recording19. The Principle of the Common Cause20. Entropy and Information21. The Time Direction of Information and the Theory of Registering Instruments22. A Completely Macrostatistical Definition of Time Direction23. The Mark Principle and Causal RelevanceV. The Time of Quantum Physics24. The Statistical Reversibility of the Elementary Processes of Quantrum Mechanics25. The Indeterminism of Quantum Mechanics26. The Genidentity of Quantum Particles27. The Entropy Concept of Quantum Statistics28. Extension of Quantum Statistics to Different Energy Levels29. Particles Vanishing into Nonexistence30. Particles Traveling Backward in TimeAppendixIndex

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Direction of Time

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Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-03-28
Mått:136 x 215 x 15 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:DOVER BOOKS ON PHYSICS
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN:9780486409269

Utforska kategorier

Fysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

I. Introduction1. The Emotive Significance of TimeII. The Time Order of Mechanics2. The Qualitative Properties of Time3. The Causal Theory of Time4. Causality in Classical Physics5. The Causal Definition of Time Order6. InterventionIII. The Time Direction of Thermodynamics and Microstatistics7. Report on the Second Law of Thermodynamics8. The Statistical Definition of Entropy9. Extension of Statistics to Different Energy Levels10. A Deterministic Interpretation of Thermodynamical Statistics11. Determinism Versus Indeterminism in Classical Physics12. The Probability Lattice13. The Reversibility Objection14. The Time Direction of the Space Ensemble15. The Sectional Nature of Time Direction16. The Hypothesis of the Branch StructureIV. The Time Direction of Macrostatistics17. Macroarrangements and Macroentropy18. Cause and Effect: Producing and Recording19. The Principle of the Common Cause20. Entropy and Information21. The Time Direction of Information and the Theory of Registering Instruments22. A Completely Macrostatistical Definition of Time Direction23. The Mark Principle and Causal RelevanceV. The Time of Quantum Physics24. The Statistical Reversibility of the Elementary Processes of Quantrum Mechanics25. The Indeterminism of Quantum Mechanics26. The Genidentity of Quantum Particles27. The Entropy Concept of Quantum Statistics28. Extension of Quantum Statistics to Different Energy Levels29. Particles Vanishing into Nonexistence30. Particles Traveling Backward in TimeAppendixIndex