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Time And Matter – Proceedings Of The International Colloquium On The Science Of Time: Venice, Italy 11-17 August 2002
Author(s): Ikaros I Bigi (Editor), Martin Faessler (Editor)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 14 Feb. 2006
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: 9812566341
- ISBN-13: 9789812566348
Book Description
Time and matter are the most fundamental concepts in physics and in any science-based description of the world around us. Quantum theory has, however, revealed many novel insights into these concepts in non-relativistic, relativistic and cosmological contexts. The implications of these novel perspectives have been realized and, in particular, probed experimentally only recently.In the papers in this proceedings, these issues are discussed in a truly interdisciplinary fashion from philosophical and historical perspectives. The leading contributors, including Nobel laureates T W Hänsch and G t’ Hooft, address both experimental and theoretical issues.