Time, Quantum and Information

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-13

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2. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and His Role in the Physics of the 20th Century

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and The Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society

      • Reimar Lüst

      Pages 17-23

   3. The Role of the Physicist in the Nuclear Age

      • Edward Teller

      Pages 25-26

   4. “The Atomic Bomb Reveals the Political Responsibility of Science”

      • Götz Neuneck

      Pages 27-58

   5. On the Unfathomableness of Consciousness by Consciousness

      • Klaus Gottstein

      Pages 59-72

3. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker’s Contributions to Nuclear and Astrophysics and Their Impact on the Development of Physics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Introduction: From the Atomic Nucleus to Cosmic Vortex Systems

      • Helmut Rechenberg

      Pages 75-81

   3. The Origins of Nuclear Physics and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker’s Semi-Empirical Mass Formula

      • Karl v. Meyenn

      Pages 83-114

   4. Thermonuclear Processes in Stars and Stellar Neutrinos

      • Georg Wolschin

      Pages 115-134

   5. Comets: Fascinating Cosmic Objects

      • Reimar Lüst

      Pages 135-143

   6. The Spectrum of Turbulence

      • Siegfried Grossmann

      Pages 145-157

   7. From Dust Disks to Planetary Systems

      • Thomas Henning

      Pages 159-169

4. The Unity of Nature and the Nature of Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Science and Its Relation to Nature in C.F. von Weizsäcker’s Natural Philosophy

      • Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich

      Pages 173-185

   3. C.F. von Weizsäcker’s Philosophy of Science and the Nature of Time

      • Michael Drieschner

      Pages 187-202

   4. What Is Missing? — The Fundamental Role of Time in C.F. von Weizsäcker’s Conception of Physics and Some Insights from Modern Neuroscience

      • Eva Ruhnau

      Pages 203-217

   5. Irreversibility via Semichaos

      • Georg Suessmann

      Pages 219-233

   6. Remarks on Fractional Time

      • Rudolf Hilfer

      Pages 235-241

   7. The Dynamics of Modelling

      • Gérard G. Emch

      Pages 243-259

This publication centers on the extraordinary ideas in and concepts of physics of th CarI Friedrich von Weizs?cker. At the time of his 90 birthday on June 28, 2002, it seems the right moment to try such a survey. The themes of two Festschrifts for CarI th th Friedrich von Weizs?cker on the occasion of his 60 and 70 birthdays (E. Scheibe and G. Suessmann (eds. ): Einheit und Vielheit, and K. Meyer-Abich (ed. ): Physik, Philosophie und Politik) were his unique capability to encompass physics, philosophy and politics. He may be more known publicly today for his efforts for containment of the Cold War nuclear threat, for the abolition of war as an instrument of international politics, for the social responsibility of scientists, and for the Conciliar Process of the Churches for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. But physics has been his primary professional vocation and has always remained in the center of his thought and life. But even in light of the physics focus of this book, it would not do justice to CarI Friedrich von Weizs?cker to re strict his achievements in physics to efforts only accessible to professionals. The contributions in Part 1 show how his very concentration on physics has led him to take an active part in problems of politics, social change, philosophy and religion.

• Chaos
• Concept of Time
• Cosmology
• Natur
• Planetary System
• Quantum Information
• Quantum Logic
• Thermonuclear Processes
• Turbulence
• Universe
• Ur-hypothesis
• natural philosophy
• philosophy of science
• quantum mechanics
• science

• Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany

  Lutz Castell

• ZAE Bayern, Garching, Germany

  Otfried Ischebeck

Policies and ethics