Time Poincaré Seminar 2010 /

This eleventh volume in the Poincaré Seminar Series presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the concept of Time, which poses some of the most challenging questions in science. Five articles, written by the Fields medalist C. Villani, the two outstanding theoretical physicists T. Damour and C....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Duplantier, Bertrand (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Progress in Mathematical Physics, 63
Subjects:
Dynamical systems.
Mathematical physics.
System theory.
Quantum physics.
Probabilities.
Mechanics.
Dynamical Systems.
Mathematical Physics.
Complex Systems.
Quantum Physics.
Probability Theory.
Classical Mechanics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Time and Relativity, Thibault Damour
  • (Ir)reversibility and Entropy, Cédric Villani
  • (Ir)réversibilité et entropie, Cédric Villani
  • Equalities and Inequalities: Irreversibility and the Second Law of Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale, Christopher Jarzynski
  • Time Measurement in the XXIst Century, Christophe Salomon
  • Time's Arrow and Eddington's Challenge, Huw Price
  • Image of Time's Irreversibility, Catherine de Mitry
  • Image de l'irréversibilité du Temps, Catherine de Mitry.

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