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" The physical basis of the direction of time / "
H. Dieter Zeh
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BL
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604390
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GBA146063b433609
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Zeh, H. D., (Heinz Dieter),1932-
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The physical basis of the direction of time /\ H. Dieter Zeh
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| Edition Statement
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Fourth edition
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x, 231 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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3540420819
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: 9783540420811
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index
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| Contents
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1. The Physical Concept of Time -- 2. The Time Arrow of Radiation -- 2.1. Retarded and Advanced Forms of the Boundary Value Problem -- 2.2. Thermodynamical and Cosmological Properties of Absorbers -- 2.3. Radiation Damping -- 2.4. The Absorber Theory of Radiation -- 3. The Thermodynamical Arrow of Time -- 3.1. The Derivation of Classical Master Equations -- 3.2. Zwanzig's General Formalism of Master Equations -- 3.3. Thermodynamics and Information -- 3.4. Semigroups and the Emergence of Order -- 4. The Quantum Mechanical Arrow of Time -- 4.1. The Formal Analogy -- 4.2. Ensembles Versus Entanglement -- 4.3. Decoherence -- 4.4. Quantum Dynamical Maps -- 4.5. Exponential Decay and 'Causality' in Scattering -- 4.6. The Time Arrow of Various Interpretations of Quantum Theory -- 5. The Time Arrow of Spacetime Geometry -- 5.1. Thermodynamics of Black Holes -- 5.2. Thermodynamics of Acceleration -- 5.3. Expansion of the Universe -- 5.4. Geometrodynamics and Intrinsic Time -- 6. The Time Arrow in Quantum Cosmology -- 6.1. Phase Transitions of the Vacuum -- 6.2. Quantum Gravity and the Quantization of Time -- App. A Simple Numerical Toy Model
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Space and time
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Time
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Physics-- Philosophy
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Thermodynamics
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530.11
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QC173.59.S65Z38 2001
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Direction of time
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