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The asymmetry of natural phenomena under time reversal is striking. Here Zeh investigates the most important classes of physical phenomena that characterize the arrow of time, discussing their interrelations as well as striving to uncover a cosmological common root of the phenomena, such as the time-independent wave function of the universe. The description of irreversible phenomena is shown to be fundamentally "observer-related". Both physicists and philosophers of science who reviewed the first edition considered this book a magnificent survey, a concise, technically sophisticated, up-to-date discussion of the subject, showing fine sensivity to some of the crucial philosophical subtleties. This new and expanded edition will be welcomed by both students and specialists.
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FROM THE REVIEWS: MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS"The presentation is clear and readable. The book gives an excellent overview of the phenomena which characterize a direction of time like radiation, thermodynamics, quantum indeterminism and the structure of black holes.a SCIENCE MAGAZINE"a ]I recommend this book to those willing to devote serious effort to learning part of the subject.a AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS"a ]an excellent summary of what is known at present about this fascinating mystery.a FROM THE REVIEWS: ZENTRALBLATT MATH"The book contains an impressive (wea (TM)d say exhaustive) list of references: almost 300 titles (papers and books)a ]We have to mention the high scientific value of the book, its rigorous well-documented discussion of the subject, refinement and subtlety of its reasonings. We strongly recommend it to students and specialists in various fields of theoretical physics.a
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This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological settings. It includes new sections on the meaning of probabilities in a cosmological context, irreversible aspects of quantum computers, and various consequences of the expansion of the Universe. Many other sections have been rewritten. In particular, the book contains an analysis of the physical concept of time, a detailed treatment of radiation damping as well as extended sections on quantum entanglement and decoherence, arrows of time hidden in various interpretations of quantum theory, and the emergence of time in quantum gravity. Both physicists and philosophers of science will find in this book a magnificent survey and a concise, technically sophisticated, up-to-date discussion which shows fine sensitivity to crucial conceptual subtleties.
"The discussion is lucid and intuitive without glossing over the important details."
Max Tegmark, MIT
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