Direction of Time

This edited book presents the problems of time and direction from an interdisciplinary point of view, concentrating in particular on the following relations:

Models of time.- On Abuse of Time-metaphors.- The Direction of Time, The Role of Reversibility/Irreversibility in the Study of Nature.- The Arrow of Time and Information Theory.- ASYMMETRIES, IRREVERSIBILITY, AND DYNAMICS OF TIME1.- IS TIME REAL?.- Is time directed?.- On the different aspects of time in the fundamental theories of physics.- Quantum Events and Irreversibility.- Time in modern philosophy of physics { a survey.- THE DIRECTION OF TIME IN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.- Physics and Our Intuitive Outlook on Time.- The philosophical significance of the relativistic conception of time.- The Direction of Time in Quantum Mechanics.- GEOMETRY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME.- A Computer's Arrow of Time.- Two-way thermodynamics: Could it really happen?.- Where to Put It? The Direction of Time Between Axioms and Supplementary Conditions.- A Simple Model for Decoherence.- Two Arrows of Time in Nonlocal Particle Dynamics.- Boundary conditions, time reversal and measurements.- Remarks on the Compatibility of Opposite Arrows of Time.- Remarks on the Compatibility of Opposite Arrows of Time II1.