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Landsberg (P.T.), ed. - G.N. Lewis - E. Schrödinger - P. Morrison - F. Hoyle - P.A.M. Dirac - A. Aharony - Y. Ne'eman - A.J. Leggett - R. Penrose - P.C.W. Davies - E.H. Gombrich - W.J. Ong
Reference : 100179
(1985)
The Enigma of Time Compiled and Introduced by P.T. Landsberg , (1. Irreversibility : The symmetry of time in physics - Irreversibility - Time's arrow and external perturbations -A matter of time - 2. Cosmology and electrodynamics : The asymmetry of time - New ideas of space and time - Thermodynamics, cosmology and the physical constants - 3. Quantum mechanics including Black holes : Time reversal symmetry violation and the H-theorem - Time reversal asymmetry as the fundamental level and its reflection on the problem of the arrow of time - The arrow of time and quantum mechanics - Singularities and time-asymmetry - Black holes thermodynamics and time asymmetry - 4. Time in the arts : Moment and movement in art - Evolution, myth and poetic vision)
Adam Hilger Ltd, Bristol and Boston Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1985 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon paperback, editor's black printed wrappers, illustrated by an astrophysical photography, title in yellow grand In-8 1 vol. - 260 pages
many black and white illustrations Reprinted edition, 1985 (1st was 1982) Contents, Chapitres : Contents, List of Authors, Preface and Acknowledgments, xii, Text, 248 pages - Introduction - Minor comments on some of the reprinted papers - 1. Irreversibility : G.N. Lewis : The symmetry of time in physics - E. Schrödinger : Irreversibility - P. Morrison : Time's arrow and external perturbations - P.T. Landsberg : A matter of time - 2. Cosmology and electrodynamics : F. Hoyle : The asymmetry of time - P.A.M. Dirac : New ideas of space and time - P.T. Landsberg : Thermodynamics, cosmology and the physical constants - 3. Quantum mechanics including Black holes : A. Aharony : Time reversal symmetry violation and the H-theorem - Y. Ne'eman : Time reversal asymmetry as the fundamental level and its reflection on the problem of the arrow of time - A.J. Leggett : The arrow of time and quantum mechanics - R. Penrose : Singularities and time-asymmetry - P.C.W. Davies : Black holes thermodynamics and time asymmetry - 4. Time in the arts : E.H. Gombrich : Moment and movement in art - W.J. Ong : Evolution, myth and poetic vision - Some books on time - Glossary and index near fine copy, no markings
