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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Preliminary paradoxes and puzzles
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Front Matter
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The measurement of time
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Front Matter
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The arrow of time
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Front Matter
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The topology of time
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Front Matter
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Towards a consistent model of time
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla, India
C. K. Raju
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Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, New Delhi, India
C. K. Raju
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Time: Towards a Consistent Theory
Authors: C. K. Raju
Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8376-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1994
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3103-2Published: 30 September 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4462-4Published: 09 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8376-3Published: 14 March 2013
Series ISSN: 0168-1222
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 260
Topics: Quantum Physics, Philosophy of Science, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory