The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time
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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.
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FROM THE REVIEWS:
MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
"The presentation is clear and readable. The book gives an excellent overview of the phenomena which characterize a direction of time like radiation, thermodynamics, quantum indeterminism and the structure of black holes."
SCIENCE MAGAZINE
".I recommend this book to those willing to devote serious effort to learning part of the subject."
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
".an excellent summary of what is known at present about this fascinating mystery."
FROM THE REVIEWS:
ZENTRALBLATT MATH
"The book contains an impressive (we'd say exhaustive) list of references: almost 300 titles (papers and books).We have to mention the high scientific value of the book, its rigorous well-documented discussion of the subject, refinement and subtlety of its reasonings. We strongly recommend it to students and specialists in various fields of theoretical physics."
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