Time And Matter - Proceedings Of The International Colloquium On The Science Of Time

Download or read book Time And Matter - Proceedings Of The International Colloquium On The Science Of Time written by Ikaros I Bigi and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-02-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.