The Nature of Time - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631148078 ISBN 13: 9780631148074

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1986

Synopsis

Generations of philosophers and theologians, physicists and mathematicians have wondered and puzzled, speculated and argued about the nature of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain why time runs inexorably forward from past to future. But time still contains many mysteries - black holes and big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops - that will doubtless continue to occupy us for centuries to come. The contributors include philosophers Michael Dummett, Bill Newton-Smith, John Lucas and Michael Lockwood, physicists Paul Davies, Peter Atkins and Michael Shallis, and mathematicians Roger Penrose, Dennis Sciama and Raymond Flood.

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Why does time appear to run in only one direction? We remember the past– but why not the future? We can influence the future– but could we, even theoretically, influence the past?

Generations of philosophers and theologians, physicists and mathematicians have puzzles and speculated about these and the many other questions that surround the concept of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain the directionality of time. But time still contains many mysteries– black holes and big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops – that will doubtless continue to occupy us for centuries to come.

In this impressive collection of original articles ten internationally known scholars explore and explains the nature of time, apace and now space–time. Founded on the latest developments in thermodynamics, quantum theory and cosmology, their ideas will fascinate anyone interested in Einstein′s theory of relativity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0631148078
• ISBN 13: 9780631148074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 187
• Editor: Raymond Flood, Michael Lockwood