Time, quantum, and information / Lutz Castell, Otfried Ischebeck (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007.

Castell, Lutz.

Ischebeck, Otfried.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear physics.

Astrophysics.

Space and time.

Quantum theory.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]

Summary:

This collection of essays presented to Carl Friedrich von Weizs??cker on the occasion of his 90th birthday addresses a wide readership interested in astronomy, physics, and the&history and philosophy of science. The articles&treat subjects such as the social responsibility of scientists, thermonuclear processes in stars and stellar neutrinos, turbulence and the emergence of planetary systems. Furthermore, &considerable attention is paid to the unity of nature, the nature of time, and to&information about, and interpretation of, the structure of quantum theory, all important philosophical problems of our times. The last section describes von Weizs??cker's ur-hypothesis and how it will theoretically&permit&the construction of&particles and interactions from quantized bits of information.

Notes:

Dedicated to C.F. von Weizsäcker in commemoration of his 90th birthday.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

354044033X

OCLC:

52312703