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Time: Towards a Consistent Theory (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
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Time: Towards a Consistent Theory (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 65
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Is time, even locally, like the real line? Multiple structures of
time, implicit in physics, create a consistency problem. A tilt in
the arrow of time is suggested as the most conservative hypothesis
which provides approximate consistency within physics and with
topology of mundane time. Mathematically, the assumed constancy of
the velocity of light (needed to measure time) implies functional
differential equations of motion, that have both retarded and
advanced deviating arguments with the hypothesis of a tilt. The
novel features of such equations lead to a nontrivial structure of
time and quantum-mechanical behaviour. The entire argument is
embedded in a pedagogical exposition which amplifies, corrects, and
questions the conventionally accepted approach. The exposition
includes historical details and explains, for instance, why the
entropy law is inadequate for time asymmetry, and why notions such
as time asymmetry (hence causality) may be conceptually inadequate.
The first three parts of the book are especially suited as
supplementary reading material for undergraduate and graduate
students and teachers of physics. The new ideas are addressed to
researchers in physics and philosophy of science concerned with
relativity and the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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