The arrows of time a debate in cosmology /
The concept of time has fascinated humanity throughout recorded history, and it remains one of the biggest mysteries in science and philosophy. Time is clearly one of the fundamental building blocks of the universe and thus a deeper understanding of nature at a fundamental level also demands a compr...
| Other Authors: | Mersini-Houghton, Laura., Vaas, Rüdiger., SpringerLink (Online Service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Heidelberg ; New York :
Springer,
©2012.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (v, 221 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series: |
Fundamental theories of physics ;
v. 172. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction /
- Laura Mersini-Houghton and Rüdiger Vaas
- Time After Time
- Big Bang Cosmology and the Arrows of Time /
- Rüdiger Vaas
- Fundamental Loss of Quantum Coherence from Quantum Gravity /
- Rodolfo Gambini, Rafael A. Porto and Jorge Pullin
- The Clock Ambiguity: Implications and New Developments /
- Andreas Albrecht and Alberto Iglesias
- Holographic Cosmology and the Arrow of Time /
- Tom Banks
- The Emergent Nature of Time and the Complex Numbers in Quantum Cosmology /
- Gary W. Gibbons
- The Phantom Bounce: A New Proposal for an Oscillating Cosmology /
- Katherine Freese, Matthew G. Brown and William H. Kinney
- Notes on Time's Enigma /
- Laura Mersini-Houghton
- A Momentous Arrow of Time /
- Martin Bojowald
- Can the Arrow of Time Be Understood from Quantum Cosmology? /
- Claus Kiefer
- Open Questions Regarding the Arrow of Time /
- H. Dieter Zeh.