From Randomness and Entropy to the Arrow of Time

Lena Zuchowski

ISBN 10: 1009217305 / ISBN 13: 9781009217309

Editore: Cambridge University Press Mär 2024, 2024

Neuware - The Element reconstructs, analyses and compares different derivational routes to a grounding of the Arrow of Time in entropy. It also evaluates the link between entropy and visible disorder, and the related claim of an alignment of the Arrow of Time with a development from order to visible disorder. The Element identifies three different entropy-groundings for the Arrow of Time: (i) the Empirical Arrow of Time, (ii) the Universal Statistical Arrow of Time, and (iii) the Local Statistical Arrow of Time. The Element will also demonstrate that it is unlikely that high entropy states will always coincide with visible disorder. Therefore, it will dispute that there is a strong link between the Arrow of Time and visible disorder. Codice articolo 9781009217309

Riassunto:

This Element provides a unique tracing of the different roots of the Arrow of Time.

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Titolo: From Randomness and Entropy to the Arrow of ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press Mär 2024
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Taschenbuch
Condizione: Neu