Editors:
- Interdisciplinary view on time from physicists, mathematicians, philosophers and computer scientists
- Around ten authors give their view and possible paths toward solutions to some of the fundamental problems connected to time in physics
- Encourages more research in this area
Part of the book series: Tutorials, Schools, and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences (TSWMS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
One of the most important questions concerning the foundations of physics, especially since the discovery of relativity and quantum theory, is the nature and role of time. In this book we bring together researchers from different areas of physics, mathematics, computer science and philosophy to discuss the role time plays in physics. There have been few books on this topic to date, and two of the key aims of the workshop and this book are to encourage more researchers to explore this area, and to pique students’ interest in the different roles time plays in physics.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Renato Renner, Sandra Stupar
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Time in Physics
Editors: Renato Renner, Sandra Stupar
Series Title: Tutorials, Schools, and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68655-4
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68654-7Published: 20 November 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68655-4Published: 06 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2522-0969
Series E-ISSN: 2522-0977
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 160
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences