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The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time

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.
eBook, English, 2007
Springer Berlin, Berlin, 2007
1 online resource (x, 231 S.) : 35 schw.-w. illustrations, 9 schw.-w. Fotos, 26 schw.-w. graph. Darst
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Available in another form:
The Physical Concept of Time.- The Time Arrow of Radiation.- The Thermodynamical Arrow of Time.- The Quantum Mechanical Arrow of Time.- The Time Arrow of Spacetime Geometry.- The Time Arrow in Quantum Cosmology.- Epilog.