Direction of Time (2014)

By: Sergio Albeverio and Philippe Blanchard

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Synopsis: This edited book presents the problems of time and direction from an interdisciplinary point of view, concentrating in particular on the following relations:• Time and physics• Time, philosophy and psychology• Time, mathematics and information theoryIt is a unique contribution by philosophers and scientists who are active in mathematics, physics, biology, engineering, information theory and psychology. Questions such as the existence of a Big Bang, the neurobiological basis regarding the coexistence of free will and determinism, intercultural aspects of time, mathematical models of time, psychopathological features of time, and micro reversibility versus macroscopic irreversibility are studied. It also provides a truly interdisciplinary study of the problematic 'arrow of time'.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319027982
Related ISBNs:: 9783319027975
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 08/26/19
Copyrighted By:: Springer International Publishing, Cham
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Sergio Albeverio
Edited by:: Philippe Blanchard