Physical Origins of Time Asymmetry by J. J. Halliwell (PDF)

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In the world about us, the past is distinctly different from the future. More precisely, we say that the processes going on in the world about us are asymmetric in time or display an arrow of time. Yet this manifest fact of our experience is particularly difficult to explain in terms of the fundamental laws of physics. Newton’s laws, quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, Einstein’s theory of gravity, etc., make no distinction between past and future – they are time-symmetric. Reconciliation of these profoundly conflicting facts is the topic of this volume. It is an interdisciplinary survey of the variety of interconnected phenomena defining arrows of time, and their possible explanations in terms of underlying time-symmetric laws of physics.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “…a veritable fireworks of ideas in computation, physics and cosmology. Some of the discussion is also recorded, and this adds considerably to the reader’s understanding and enjoyment of the book….The distinction of the participants and the intrinsic interest of the topics discussed make this a book that should be available to all physicists as well as to students of cognate subjects.” Peter T. Landsberg, Nature”…[provides] an in-depth introduction to a fascinating set of inter-related topics about the nature of time. It is written at a level that is sure to be stimulating to a sophisticated theorist while still accessible to a young graduate student.” Gino Segre, Physics Today”…sure to plant the seeds for further lines of investigation on this intriguing and very fundamental set of issues.” Robert Waid, Foundations of Physics Book Description An interdisciplinary survey of the variety of inter-connected phenomena defining arrows of time, and their possible explanations in terms of underlying time-symmetric laws of physics. From the Back Cover Reconciliation of these profoundly conflicting facts is the topic of this volume. It is an interdisciplinary survey of the variety of interconnected phenomena defining arrows of time, and their possible explanations in term of underlying time symmetric laws of physics. Read more

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