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050	0	0	_aBD638 _b.T57 1995
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245	0	0	_aTime's arrows today : _brecent physical and philosophical work on the direction of time / _cedited by Steven F. Savitt.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1995.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 330 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).
505	0		_aPart I. Cosmology and time's arrow. Time, gravity, and quantum mechanics / William Unruh -- Cosmology, time's arrow, and that old double standard / Huw Price -- Part II. Quantum theory and time's arrow. Time's arrow and the quantum measurement problem / Anthony Leggett -- Time, decoherence, and 'reversible' measurements / Philip Stamp -- Time flow, non-locality, and measurement in quantum mechanics / Storrs McCall -- Stochastically branching spacetime topology / Roy Douglas -- Part III. Thermodynamics and time's arrow. The elusive object of desire : in pursuit of the kinetic equations and the Second Law ; Time in experience and in theoretical description of the world / Lawrence Sklar -- When and why does entropy increase? / Martin Barrett & Elliott Sober -- Part IV. Time travel and time's arrow. Closed causal chains / Paul Horwich -- Recent work on time travel / John Earman.
520			_aWhile 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.
650		0	_aTime _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aSpace and time.
700	1		_aSavitt, Steven Frederick, _eeditor.
711	2		_a'Time's Arrows Today' Conference _d(1992 : _cUniversity of British Columbia)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521461115
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622861
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