The Direction of Time (Dover Books on Physics) - Softcover

Reichenbach, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486409260 ISBN 13: 9780486409269

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Distinguished physicist examines emotive significance of time, time order of mechanics, time direction of thermodynamics and microstatistics, time direction of macrostatistics, and time of quantum physics. Analytic methods of scientific philosophy in investigation of probability, quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, causality. 1971 edition.

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About the Author

Hans Reichenbach was professor of philosophy at UCLA and one of the leading thinkers in the logical empiricist school of philosophy. Maria Reichenbach translated and edited many of her husband's works first written in German. Hilary Putnam, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, is author of Meaning and Moral Sciences (1978), and, most recently, Realism with a Human Face (1990).

Synopsis

The final work of a distinguished physicist, this remarkable volume examines the emotive significance of time, the time order of mechanics, the time direction of thermodynamics and microstatistics, the time direction of macrostatistics, and the time of quantum physics. Coherent discussions include

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486409260
• ISBN 13: 9780486409269
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292