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Time’s Arrow and Archimedes’ Point
New Directions for the Physics of Time
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ISBN-13:
9780195117981
Veröffentl:
1997
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.12.1997
Seiten:
320
Autor:
Huw Price
Gewicht:
485 g
Format:
228x153x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Huw Price is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Facts and the Function of Truth (1988) and a wide range of articles in leading journals such as the Journal of Philosophy, Mind, and Nature.
The View from Nowhen; More Apt to Be Lost than Got: The Lessons of the Second Law; New light on The Arrow of Radiation; Arrows and Error in Contemporary Cosmology; Innocence and Symmetry in Microphysics; In Search of the Third Arrow; Convention Objectified and the Past Unlocked; Einstein's Issue: The Puzzle of Contemporary Quantum Theory; The Case for Advanced Action; Overview.
Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? In this exciting and accessible book, Australian philosopher Huw Price throws new light on these great mysteries and presents an innovative and controversial view of time and contemporary physics.