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Hardback. Is time, even locally, like the real line? Multiple structures of time, implicit in physics, create a consistency problem. This book includes historical details and explains - why the entropy law is inadequate for time asymmetry, and why notions such as time asymmetry (hence causality) may be conceptually inadequate. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGZ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331032
- ISBN
- 9780792331032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.42
€ 199.42
Hardcover. This eleventh volume in the Poincare Seminar Series describes recent research related to mathematical, physical, experimental and philosophical facets of the fascinating concept of Time. Benefits a broad audience of physicists and mathematicians. Editor(s): Duplantier, Bertrand. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWR; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034803588
- ISBN
- 9783034803588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. This study is an attempt to get to the root of the tension between the best scientific pictures of the physical structure of the world and the everyday, empirical experience of it. This book examines the problem of the direction of time - the notion that whatever can happen, can happen backwards. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PHH; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011328
- ISBN
- 9780674011328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. Numerical solutions of electromagnetic field problems is an area of paramount interest in academia, industry and government. This book provides a compendium of solution techniques dealing with integral equations arising in electromagnetic field problems in time and frequency domains. Series: Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering. Num Pages: 482 pages, Illustrations (some col). BIC Classification: PHK; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470487679
- ISBN
- 9780470487679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.42
€ 125.42
Paperback. A thesis on physics and cosmology providing the necessary building blocks for a grand unified theorem. Num Pages: 85 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Clinical Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 85
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854570352
- ISBN
- 9781854570352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.30
€ 19.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040598
- ISBN
- 9780268040598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 53.33
€ 53.47
€ 53.33
Hardback. The treatment of time in quantum mechanics is an important and challenging open question in the foundation of the quantum theory. This book describes the problems, and the attempts and achievements in defining, formalizing and measuring different time quantities in quantum theory. Editor(s): Muga, Gonzalo; Sala Mayato, R.; Egusquiza, Inigo. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 469 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 469
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540734727
- ISBN
- 9783540734727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.16
€ 76.16
Hardback. This volume offers eleven tutorial reviews that cover many open questions regarding fundamental concepts and time observables as well as a number of quantum dynamical effects and their associated characteristic time scales. Editor(s): Muga, Gonzalo; Ruschhaupt, Andreas; Campo, Adolfo del. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 433 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2009
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642031731
- ISBN
- 9783642031731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.38
€ 69.38
Paperback. Series: Science and Fiction. Num Pages: 383 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319488622
- ISBN
- 9783319488622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.77
€ 35.99
€ 31.77
Paperback. Time Machines explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. It covers a variety of topics. Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: FL; PHR; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1003.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387952222
- ISBN
- 9780387952222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Hardback. Explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. This work covers a variety of topics including: the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; and, more. Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; PGZ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 147 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2001
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387985718
- ISBN
- 9780387985718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.69
€ 98.69
Paperback. Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. This book explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046525
- ISBN
- 9780141046525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Michelsen, Axel. Series: Proceedings in Life Sciences. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJP; MJQ; MQW; PHVN; PSAN; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642706240
- ISBN
- 9783642706240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Paperback. Using no math beyond high school algebra, the authors lay out an approachable explanation of Einstein's special relativity, then move through the fundamental differences between traveling forward and backward in time and the surprising theoretical connection between going back in time and traveling faster than the speed of light. Num Pages: 278 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045481
- ISBN
- 9780226045481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.36
€ 24.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. If you ever wanted to set up the latest and greatest grandfather paradox-or just wanted to know if the time-bending events in the latest pulp you read could ever happen-then this book is for you. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400822
- ISBN
- 9781421400822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.00
€ 32.99
€ 28.00
Hardback. Deals with subjects such as the social responsibility of scientists, thermonuclear processes in stars and stellar neutrinos, turbulence and the emergence of planetary systems. This collection of essays pays attention to the unity of nature, the nature of time, and to information about, and interpretation of, the structure of quantum theory. Editor(s): Castell, Lutz; Ischebeck, Otfried. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2003. Corr. 2nd printing 2004
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540440338
- ISBN
- 9783540440338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10
paperback. Editor(s): Castell, Lutz; Ischebeck, Otfried. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642078927
- ISBN
- 9783642078927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.53
€ 129.53
paperback. Brian Ridley's book sets out to survey in simple, non-mathematical terms what physics has to say about the fundamental structure of the universe. Series: CANTO. Num Pages: 204 pages, index. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278. Good copy showing light age and shelf wear. Text is clean throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025100
- ISBN
- 9780521484862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Atmanspacher, Harald; Ruhnau, Eva. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; PHDV; PHQ; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642645181
- ISBN
- 9783642645181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of flavor physics and CP violating phenomena. It provides a detailed reference work on and explanatory examples of time-dependent measurements in particle physics. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 211 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PHQ; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319376653
- ISBN
- 9783319376653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74