From Eternity to Here (88 page)
Schrödinger, Erwin
Schrödinger equation
Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment
Schwarzchild radius
Sciama, Dennis
scientific method
Second Law of Thermodynamics
and arrow of time
and black holes
and Boltzmann
and bouncing-universe cosmology
and closed timelike curves
and coarse-graining
and creationism
and decoherence
described
and entropy
examples of
and free energy
and gas distribution
and gravity
and inflationary cosmology
and irreversibility
and life
and Loschmidt’s reversibility objection
and Maxwell’s Demon
and memory
and microscopic laws of physics
and mixing
origin of
and Past Hypothesis
and Principle of Indifference
and the real world
and recurrence theorem
stated
and statistical mechanics
and time symmetry
and usable energy
selection effect
s elf-determination.
See also
free will
Sen, Ashoke
Septimus (fictional character)
set theory
Sexton, Anne
Shakespeare, William
Shannon, Claude
Shapley, Harlow
“simulation argument,”
singularities.
See also
black holes
and the Big Bang
and closed timelike curves
and empty space
and Hawking radiation
and information loss
and initial conditions of the universe
and lumpiness of the universe
and white holes
size of the universe
Slaughterhouse Five
(Vonnegut)
Slipher, Vesto
slowing time
Smoot, George
smooth universe
1 Snow. P.
Solar System
and the biosphere
and celestial mechanics
and heliocentric model
and the Milky Way galaxy
as open system
and recurrence in orbits
state of physical systems
and three-body problems
Sorbo, Lorenzo
sound
space of states
and black holes
and coarse-graining
counting
evolution of
and evolution of entropy
and expansion of the universe
and information conservation
and Newtonian mechanics
and Principle of Indifference
and recurrence theorem
and string theory
space reversal
spaceship travel thought experiments
spacetime.
See also
curvature of spacetime; expansion of spacetime, general relativity
and black holes
and closed timelike curves
described
and de Sitter space
and Einstein
and entropy of the universe
and the EPR paradox
and evolution of space of states
and function of time
and “gate into yesterday” exercise
and general relativity
and holographic principle
and light cones
and loops in time
and Maldacena correspondence
and natural theology
and Newtonian mechanics
and relativity
and special relativity
and speed of light
and string theory
and time loops
and white holes
and wormholes
special relativity
and acceleration
and black holes
and closed timelike curves
collaboration on
and definition of time
described
and electromagnetism
and Gott time machines
and light cones
measuring
origin of
and speed of light
and symmetry of laws of nature
and time travel
and uncertainty principle
speed of light
spheres
spin
St. Augustine
Stallman, Richard
Standard Model
Starobinsky, Alexander
stars
Star Trek
stasis
state of physical systems
statistical mechanics
acceptance of
and black holes
and coarse-graining
and entropy
and function of time
and Loschmidt’s reversibility objection
and multiverse model
and prediction
and Principle of Indifference
and recurrence theorem
Steady State theory of cosmology
steam engines
Stockum, Willem Jacob van
Stoppard, Tom
stopping time
strange quarks
Strine, Arno (fictional character)
string theory
Strominger, Andrew
strong nuclear force
structure formation
Sun
supercooling
supergravity
supermassive black holes
supernovae
superposition
and arrow of time
and decoherence
and entanglement
and the EPR paradox
and interference
and intrinsic quantum indeterminacy
and many-world interpretation
and Schrödinger’s Cat
supersymmetry
Susskind, Leonard
Swann’s Way
(Proust)
the swerve (clinamen)
symmetry
and bouncing-universe cosmology
and checkerboard world exercise
and determinism
and laws of nature
and multiverse model
and nature
and parity
and particle decay
and special relativity
and supersymmetry
and time reversal
and time-translation invariance
synchronized repetition
Szilárd, Leó
’t Hooft, Gerard
tachyons
Tao Te Ching
(Lao Tzu)
Tegmark, Max
temperature
and anisotropies
and black holes
and conservation of information
and de Sitter space
and energy budget of Earth
and entropy
and expansion of the universe
and the horizon problem
and inflationary cosmology
and information
Kelvin scale
and Maxwell’s Demon
and mixing
of the Sun
and thermal equilibrium
and thermal fluctuation
and useable energy
temporal chauvinism
tension
tensors
theology
Théorie Analytique des Probabilités
(Laplace)
Theory of Everything
thermal equilibrium
thermal fluctuation
thermodynamics.
See also specific laws of thermodynamics
and black holes
and entropy
and fate of the universe
and life
phenomenological approach
and statistical mechanics
and wave functions
Thomasina (fictional character)
Thorne, Kip
three-body problem
Through the Looking-Glass
(Carroll)
time.
See also
arrow of time; time reversal
block time perspective
dilation of
and events
facets of
and special relativity
and symmetry
and timekeeping
and wormholes
time dilation
time machines.
See
closed timelike curves
time reversal
ball on hill analogy
and checkerboard world exercise
and contracting universe
and entropy
and information
and interaction effects
and invariance
and Newtonian mechanics
and parity
and particle physics
and reconstruction of the past
stories of
and symmetric universe
Time’s Arrow
(Amis)
Tipler, Frank
Tolman, Richard
topology
Toulmin, Stephen
trajectory
Tralfamadorians
translation
Triangulum Galaxy
true vacuum
two-state system
Tye, Henry
“typical observer” concept
“The Ultimate Machine,”
uncertainty principle
uniformity
and background radiation
and the Big Bang
and distribution of galaxies
and entropy
and expansion of spacetime
universality of nature
“The Unreality of Time” (McTaggart)
Unruh, William
Unverdorben, Odilo (fictional character)
useful and useless energy
vacuum energy
and baby universes
and black holes
and de Sitter space
and empty space
and entropy
and expansion of the universe
and general relativity
and multiverse model
speculation on
true and false vacua
and virtual particles
Vafa, Cumrun
velocity
and acceleration
and electromagnetism
and special relativity
state of physical systems
and time reversal
Vilenkin, Alexander
Virgil
virtual particles
and black holes
and Hawking radiation
and uncertainty principle
and vacuum energy
visible universe
Vonnegut, Kurt
Wagner, Richard
Wahrscheinlichkeit
(
W
).
See also
probability
Wald, Robert
waste heat
watches
watchmaker analogy
Watson, James
wave function,
See
quantum wave function
waves
weak nuclear force
Weyl curvature hypothesis
What Is Life?
(Schrödinger)
Wheeler, John Archibald
white dwarfs
white holes
White Queen
Wikipedia
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Wilson, Robert
world lines
and closed timelike curves
and light cones
and the observable universe
and time travel
wormholes n
Wu, Chien-Shiung
X-ray radiation
Yang, Chen Ning
Yurtsever, Ulvi
Zel’dovich, Yakov
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
(Pirsig)
Zen Buddhism
Zermelo, Ernst
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Žižek, Slavoj
Table of Contents
PART ONE - TIME, EXPERIENCE, AND THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 1 - THE PAST IS PRESENT MEMORY
Chapter 2 - THE HEAVY HAND OF ENTROPY
Chapter 3 - THE BEGINNING AND END OF TIME
PART TWO - TIME IN EINSTEIN’S UNIVERSE
Chapter 6 - LOOPING THROUGH TIME
PART THREE - ENTROPY AND TIME’S ARROW
Chapter 7 - RUNNING TIME BACKWARD
Chapter 8 - ENTROPY AND DISORDER
Chapter 9 - INFORMATION AND LIFE
Chapter 10 - RECURRENT NIGHTMARES
PART FOUR - FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE MULTIVERSE
Chapter 12 - BLACK HOLES: THE ENDS OF TIME
Chapter 13 - THE LIFE OF THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 14 - INFLATION AND THE MULTIVERSE