Reversing the arrow of time

• Tác giả: Bryan W Roberts
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9781009122139 (ebook)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 530.11 Relativity theory
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 345514
• Chủ đề: 1. Space and time--Philosophy; 2. Time reversal

Tóm tắt

 The arrow of time refers to the curious asymmetry that distinguishes the future from the past. Reversing the Arrow of Time argues that there is an intimate link between the symmetries of 'time itself' and time reversal symmetry in physical theories, which has wide-ranging implications for both physics and its philosophy. This link helps to clarify how we can learn about the symmetries of our world
  how to understand the relationship between symmetries and what is real, and how to overcome pervasive illusions about the direction of time. Roberts explains the significance of time reversal in a way that intertwines physics and philosophy, to establish what the arrow of time means and how we can come to know it. This book is both mathematically and philosophically rigorous yet remains accessible to advanced undergraduates in physics and philosophy of physics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.