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Time Poincaré Seminar 2010

This eleventh volume in the Poincaré Seminar Series presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the concept of Time, which poses some of the most challenging questions in science. Five articles, written by the Fields medalist C. Villani, the two outstanding theoretical physicists T. Damour and C. J...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Duplantier, Bertrand (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Progress in Mathematical Physics
Subjects:
Quantum Physics
Complex Systems
Classical Mechanics
Dynamical Systems
Probability Theory
Mathematical Physics
System Theory
Mechanics
Probabilities
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Time and Relativity, Thibault Damour
  • (Ir)reversibility and Entropy, Cédric Villani
  • (Ir)réversibilité et entropie, Cédric Villani
  • Equalities and Inequalities: Irreversibility and the Second Law of Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale, Christopher Jarzynski
  • Time Measurement in the XXIst Century, Christophe Salomon
  • Time’s Arrow and Eddington’s Challenge, Huw Price
  • Image of Time’s Irreversibility, Catherine de Mitry
  • Image de l'irréversibilité du Temps, Catherine de Mitry

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