This eleventh volume in the Poincaré Seminar Series describes recent researchrelated to the mathematical, physical, experimental, or philosophical facets of the fascinating concept of Time. It contains the following chapters: - Thibault Damour, 'Time and relativity'; - Cédric Villani, '(Ir)reversibility and entropy'; - Cédric Villani, '(Ir)réversibilité et entropie'; - Christopher Jarzynski, 'Equalities and inequalities: Irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics at the nanoscale'; - Christophe Salomon, 'Time's measurement in the 21st century'; - Huw Price, 'Time's arrow and Eddington's challenge'; - Jos Uffink and Giovanni Valente, 'Time's arrow and Lanford's theorem'; - Catherine de Mitry, 'Image of Time's irreversibility'; - Catherine de Mitry, 'Image de l'irréversibilité du Temps'. This book should be of broad general interest to both physicists and mathematicians. INDICE: 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's measurement in the 21st century, Christophe Salomon.- Time's arrow and Eddington's challenge, Huw Price.- Time'sarrow and Lanford's theorem, Jos Uffink and Giovanni Valente.- Image of Time's irreversibility, Catherine de Mitry.- Image de l'irréversibilité du Temps, Catherine de Mitry.
- ISBN: 978-3-0348-0358-8
- Editorial: Birkhaüser
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés