| Description |
xiii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Time, gravity, and quantum mechanics / William Unruh -- 2. Cosmology, time's arrow, and that old double standard / Huw Price -- 3. Time's arrow and the quantum measurement problem / Anthony Leggett -- 4. Time, decoherence, and 'reversible' measurements /Philip Stamp -- 5. Time flow, non-locality, and measurement in quantum mechanics / Storrs McCall -- 6. Stochastically branching spacetime topology / Roy Douglas -- 7. The elusive object of desire: in pursuit of the kinetic equations and the Second Law / Lawrence Sklar -- 8. Time in experience and in theoretical description of the world / Lawrence Sklar -- 9. When and why does entropy increase? / Martin Barrett and Elliott Sober -- 10. Closed causal chains / Paul Horwich -- 11. Recent work on time travel / John Earman |
| Analysis |
Time Philosophy |
| Notes |
Chiefly proceedings of the 'Time's Arrows Today' Conference, held in June 1992 at the University of British Columbia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index |
| Subject |
Space and time.
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Time -- Philosophy.
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Time.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Savitt, Steven Frederick.
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'Time's Arrows Today' Conference (1992 : University of British Columbia)
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| LC no. |
95230918 |
| ISBN |
0521461111 |
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0521599458 (paperback) |
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