2001, ISBN: 9783540680000

Four previous editions of this book were published in 1989, 1992, 1999, and 2001. They were preceded by a German version (Zeh 1984) that was based on lectures I had given at the Universit… Mehr…

Four previous editions of this book were published in 1989, 1992, 1999, and 2001. They were preceded by a German version (Zeh 1984) that was based on lectures I had given at the University of Heidelberg. My interest in this subject arose originally from the endeavor to better - derstand all aspects of irreversibility that might be relevant for the statistical natureandinterpretationofquantumtheory. Thequantummeasurementp- cess is often claimed to represent an ‘ampli?cation’ of microscopic properties to the macroscopic scale in close analogy to the origin of classical ?uctuations, whichmayleadtothelocalonsetofaphasetransition,forexample. Thisclaim can hardly be upheld under the assumption of universal unitary dynamics, as is well known from the example of Schr¨ odinger’s cat. However, the classical theoryofstatisticalmechanicso?ersmanyproblemsandmisinterpretationsof its own, which are in turn related to the oft-debated retardation of radiation, irreversible black holes with their thermodynamical aspects, and – last but not least – the expansion of the Universe. So the subject o?ered a great and exciting ‘interdisciplinary’ challenge. My interest was also stimulated by Paul Davies’ (1977) book that I used successfully for my early lectures. Quantum gravity, that for consistency has to be taken into account in cosmology, even requires a complete revision of the concept of time, which leads to entirely novel and fundamental questions of interpretation (Sect. 6. 2). Many of these interesting ?elds and applications have seen considerable progress since the last edition came out., Springer<

2024, ISBN: 9783540680000

[ED: Buch], [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Neuware - This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, qu… Mehr…

[ED: Buch], [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Neuware - This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological settings. It includes new sections on the meaning of probabilities in a cosmological context, irreversible aspects of quantum computers, and various consequences of the expansion of the Universe. In particular, the book offers an analysis of the physical concept of time., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 241x160x19 mm, 244, [GW: 535g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, De internationale scheepvaart<

2007, ISBN: 3540680004

[EAN: 9783540680000], Nieuw boek, [SC: 87.46], [PU: Springer], Books

2007, ISBN: 9783540680000

Buch, Hardcover, 5th ed. 2007, [PU: Springer Berlin], Springer Berlin, 2007