{"product_id":"times-arrows-today-recent-physical-and-philosophical-work-on-the-direction-of-time-paperback-9780521599450","title":"Time's Arrows Today; Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time (Paperback) 9780521599450","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTime's Arrows Today\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRecent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEleven essays which make original contributions toward the conundrum which is the 'Arrow of Time'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven F. Savitt (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521599450, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 June 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.705 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'I heartily recommend this collection to anyone, philosopher or scientist interested in the direction of time. Many of the papers make significant contributions to the field, and I found almost all of them quite interesting, I am confident this book will emerge as a standard text in the philosophy of time.'  Craig Callender, Canadian Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhile experience tells us that time flows from the past to the present and into the future, a number of philosophical and physical objections exist to this commonsense view of dynamic time. In an attempt to make sense of this conundrum, philosophers and physicists are forced to confront fascinating questions, such as: Can effects precede causes? Can one travel in time? Can the expansion of the Universe or the process of measurement in quantum mechanics define a direction in time?  In this book, researchers from both physics and philosophy attempt to answer these issues in an interesting, yet rigorous way. This fascinating book will be of interest to physicists and philosophers of science and educated general readers interested in the direction of time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Cosmology and Time's Arrow: 1. Time, gravity, and quantum mechanics W. Unruh\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cosmology, time's arrow, and that old double standard H. Price\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Quantum Theory and Time's Arrow: 3. Time's arrow and the quantum measurement problem A. Leggett\u003cbr\u003e 4. Time, decoherence, and 'reversible' measurements P. Stamp\u003cbr\u003e 5. Time flows, non-locality, and measurement in quantum mechanics S. McCall\u003cbr\u003e 6. Stochastically branching spacetime topology R. Douglas\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Thermodynamics and Time's Arrow: 7. The elusive object of desire: in pursuit of the kinetic equations and the second law L. Sklar\u003cbr\u003e 8. Time in experience and in theoretical description of the world L. Sklar\u003cbr\u003e 9. When and why does entropy increase? M. Barrett and E. Sober\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Time Travel and Time's Arrow: 10. Closed causal chains P Horwich\u003cbr\u003e 11. Recent work on time travel J. Earman.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005374386456,"sku":"9780521599450","price":39.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521599450i_4ffbf47f-6ed3-4055-9482-cddcdcd85884.jpg?v=1691370347","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/times-arrows-today-recent-physical-and-philosophical-work-on-the-direction-of-time-paperback-9780521599450","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}