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020 _a9780511622878 (ebook)
020 _z9780521561228 (hardback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC311
_b.S4 1997
082 0 0 _a530.1
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100 1 _aSchulman, L. S.
_q(Lawrence S.),
_d1941-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTime's arrows and quantum measurement /
_cL.S. Schulman.
246 3 _aTime's Arrows & Quantum Measurement
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1997.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 346 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis book is an introduction to the arrow of time in thermodynamics and cosmology, and develops a new quantum measurement theory in which the foregoing concepts play an essential role. The first chapter is an overview and 'route map' and is followed by an exposition of irreversibility, the expansion of the Universe and other arrows of time. The author examines the thesis that the thermodynamic arrow follows the cosmological one, and in doing so extends traditional statistical mechanics. The second part of the book presents a new theory of quantum measurement and possible experimental tests. This theory incorporates the extended statistical mechanics in an essential way. The last chapter discusses open experimental and theoretical issues. Written in a lively and accessible style, the text is liberally sprinkled with exercises. Each chapter ends with a resources section that includes notes, further reading, and technical appendices.
650 0 _aThermodynamics.
650 0 _aCosmology.
650 0 _aTime measurements.
650 0 _aQuantum theory.
650 0 _aQuantum statistics.
650 0 _aMathematical physics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521561228
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622878
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