Lena Zuchowski

From Randomness and Entropy to the Arrow of Time

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The Element reconstructs, analyses and compares different derivational routes to a grounding of the Arrow of Time in entropy. It demonstrates that it is unlikely that high entropy states will coincide with visible disorder, thus disputing any link between the Arrow of Time and visible disorder"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 82
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781009500173
• ISBN-10: 1009500171
• Artikelnr.: 69824786

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Three ways to define randomness and disorder
3. Two approaches to entropy
4. Two versions of the second law
5. Three arrows of time
6. Conclusions
Bibliography.