The Physical Basis Of The Direction Of Time

Author : H. Dieter Zeh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540680017

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The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time by H. Dieter Zeh Pdf

This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological settings. It includes new sections on the meaning of probabilities in a cosmological context, irreversible aspects of quantum computers, and various consequences of the expansion of the Universe. In particular, the book offers an analysis of the physical concept of time.

Author : H. Dieter Zeh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662038055

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The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time by H. Dieter Zeh Pdf

This well-received book presents the striking asymmetry of natural phenomena with respect to time reversal and irreversibility. It presents some of the most important classes of physical processes characterizing the arrow of time and strives to uncover its common cosmological root. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to include important new results in the arrow of time in quantum mechanics and quantum cosmology. Both physicists and philosophers of science will find this to be a magnificent survey.

Author : Heinz Dieter Zeh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Physics
ISBN : 3540420819

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The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time by Heinz Dieter Zeh Pdf

A classic text on irreversibility, and one which clearly distinguishes the latter from time asymmetry. New findings are presented particularly in the chapters on the arrow of time in quantum mechanics and quantum cosmology. Concepts such as decoherence and timelessness are discussed.

Author : Heinz Dieter Zeh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Espace et temps
ISBN : 0387509305

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The Physical Basis of the Direction of Time by Heinz Dieter Zeh Pdf

Author : H. Dieter Zeh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662027592

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The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time by H. Dieter Zeh Pdf

The asymmetry of natural phenomena under time reversal is striking. Here Zehinvestigates the most important classes of physical phenomena that characterize the arrow of time, discussing their interrelations as well as striving to uncover a cosmological common root of the phenomena, such as the time-independent wave function of the universe. The description of irreversible phenomena is shown to be fundamentally "observer-related". Both physicists and philosophers of science who reviewed the first edition considered this book a magnificent survey, a concise, technically sophisticated, up-to-date discussion of the subject, showing fine sensivity to some of the crucial philosophicalsubtleties. This new and expanded edition will be welcomed by both students and specialists.

Author : Hans Reichenbach
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486137254

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The Direction of Time by Hans Reichenbach Pdf

Distinguished physicist examines emotive significance of time, time order of mechanics, time direction of thermodynamics and microstatistics, time direction of macrostatistics, time of quantum physics, more. 1971 edition.

Author : Alan R. Burger,Hyman R. Cohen,David H. DeGrood
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9060321863

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Marxism, Science, and the Movement of History by Alan R. Burger,Hyman R. Cohen,David H. DeGrood Pdf

Author : D. H. Mellor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191632860

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Mind, Meaning, and Reality by D. H. Mellor Pdf

Mind, Meaning, and Reality contains fifteen philosophical papers by D. H. Mellor, including a new defence of 'success semantics', and an introduction arguing that metaphysics can and need only be justified by doing it and not by a 'meta-metaphysics', which it needs no more than physics needs metaphysics. The papers are grouped into three parts. Part I is about how the ways we are disposed to act fix both what we believe and what we use language to mean. Part II is about what there is: the reality of dispositions; what makes beliefs and sentences true; why there is only one universe; and how social groups, and other things composed of parts, are related to the people and other things that constitute them. Part III is about time, and includes discussions of twentieth century developments in the philosophy of time; why Kant was right about tense, even though he was wrong about time; why forward time travel is trivial and backward time travel impossible; and what gives time its direction.

Author : Peter R. Bergethon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 949 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 1441963243

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The Physical Basis of Biochemistry by Peter R. Bergethon Pdf

Biological chemistry has changed since the completion of the human genome project. There is a renewed interest and market for individuals trained in biophysical chemistry and molecular biophysics. The Physical Basis of Biochemistry, Second Edition, emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of biophysical chemistry by incorporating the quantitative perspective of the physical sciences without sacrificing the complexity and diversity of the biological systems, applies physical and chemical principles to the understanding of the biology of cells and explores the explosive developments in the area of genomics, and in turn, proteomics, bioinformatics, and computational and visualization technologies that have occurred in the past seven years. The book features problem sets and examples, clear illustrations, and extensive appendixes that provide additional information on related topics in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Author : Robin Le Poidevin,Simons Peter,McGonigal Andrew,Ross P. Cameron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134155859

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The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics by Robin Le Poidevin,Simons Peter,McGonigal Andrew,Ross P. Cameron Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics is an outstanding, comprehensive and accessible guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. The Companion features over fifty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars which are organized into three clear parts: History of Metaphysics Ontology Metaphysics and Science. Each section features an introduction which places the range of essays in context, while an extensive glossary allows easy reference to key terms and definitions. The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics is essential reading for students of philosophy and anyone interested in surveying the central topics and problems in metaphysics from causation to vagueness and from Plato and Aristotle to the present-day.

Author : Claus Kiefer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030887810

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From Quantum to Classical by Claus Kiefer Pdf

Quantum theory is at the foundation of the physical description of our world. One of the people who contributed significantly to our conceptual understanding of this theory was Heinz-Dieter Zeh (1932-2018). He was the pioneer of the process of decoherence, through which the classical appearance of our world can be understood. This volume presents a collection of essays dedicated to his memory, written by distinguished scientists and scholars. They cover all aspects of the interpretation of quantum theory in general and the quantum-to-classical transition in particular. This volume provides illuminating reading to anyone seeking a deep understanding of quantum theory and its relevance to the foundations of physics.

Author : Jürgen Mittelstrass
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110592825

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Theoria by Jürgen Mittelstrass Pdf

Science is knowledge gained and justified methodically. It is achieved by research and theory formation. But what is a methodical procedure and what are methodically established justifications? What kind of principles must be observed in order to obtain the degree of objectivity that is generally claimed by science? What is the relation between science in the research mode and science in presentation mode, i.e., in its theoretical form? Do the same principles hold here? And how are they justified? Is it even possible to speak of justification in a theoretical sense? Or do we have to be content with less – with corroboration and confirmation? Is the distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification the last word in methodical and theoretical matters? And how does this distinction relate to that between research and presentation – the constitution of (scientific) objects on the one hand and (theoretical) propositions about them on the other? The analyses and constructions in this book take up these questions. They are explicitly intended as philosophical contributions, not only in the sense implied by the disciplinary use of the term philosophy of science, but also in the sense of a reflection on science that, alongside more technical aspects of methodologies and elements of theories, also has an eye for anthropological and cultural aspects.

Author : Lars-Göran Johansson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030649531

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Empiricism and Philosophy of Physics by Lars-Göran Johansson Pdf

This book presents a thoroughly empiricist account of physics. By providing an overview of the development of empiricism from Ockham to van Fraassen the book lays the foundation for its own version of empiricism. Empiricism for the author consists of three ideas: nominalism, i.e. dismissing second order quantification as unnecessary, epistemological naturalism, and viewing classification of things in natural kinds as a human habit not in need for any justification. The book offers views on the realism-antirealism debate as well as on the individuation of theories as a thoroughly neglected aspect of underdetermination. The book next discusses a broad range of topics, including the predicates body, spatial distance and time interval, the ontology of electromagnetism, propensities, the measurement problem and other philosophical issues in quantum theory. Discussions about the direction of time and about string theory make up the final part of the book.

Author : K. Matsuno
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351084543

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Protobiology Physical Basis Of Biology by K. Matsuno Pdf

Protobiology as a physics of becoming emphasizes the dynamics underlying conservation laws, whereas the physics of being emphasize the dynamics presupposing conservation laws. Protobiology thus concerns itself with a convoluted problem of how both the law of motion and its boundary conditions develop with time without forgetting that these two are inseparable, in contrasts to the physics of being that assumes separability.

Author : Jan-Markus Schwindt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662654262

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Universe Without Things by Jan-Markus Schwindt Pdf

Physics is written in the language of mathematics, and its findings are based on thousands of experiments. But what kind of picture does physics paint of the world? What do theories like relativity or quantum mechanics contribute to it? How complete is this picture? This book sheds light on how the "things" these theories are about relate to our everyday things, and points out what questions remain unanswered and what problems are involved. In this book, the author presents how physics works, what it can and cannot do. In doing so, he describes the surprising answers that physics provides to many of our questions about the nature of "things" and the world; answers that challenge our intuition in many ways. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Universum ohne Dinge by Jan-Markus Schwindt, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.