Ebook: Time, Quantum and Information

This collection of essays presented to Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 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 Weizsäcker's ur-hypothesis and how it will theoretically permit the construction of particles and interactions from quantized bits of information.

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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.

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker and The Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society....Pages 17-23
The Role of the Physicist in the Nuclear Age....Pages 25-26
“The Atomic Bomb Reveals the Political Responsibility of Science”....Pages 27-58
On the Unfathomableness of Consciousness by Consciousness....Pages 59-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Introduction: From the Atomic Nucleus to Cosmic Vortex Systems....Pages 75-81
The Origins of Nuclear Physics and Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker’s Semi-Empirical Mass Formula....Pages 83-114
Thermonuclear Processes in Stars and Stellar Neutrinos....Pages 115-134
Comets: Fascinating Cosmic Objects....Pages 135-143
The Spectrum of Turbulence....Pages 145-157
From Dust Disks to Planetary Systems....Pages 159-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Science and Its Relation to Nature in C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Natural Philosophy....Pages 173-185
C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Philosophy of Science and the Nature of Time....Pages 187-202
What Is Missing? — The Fundamental Role of Time in C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Conception of Physics and Some Insights from Modern Neuroscience....Pages 203-217
Irreversibility via Semichaos....Pages 219-233
Remarks on Fractional Time....Pages 235-241
The Dynamics of Modelling....Pages 243-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
An Introduction to Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker’s Program for a Reconstruction of Quantum Theory....Pages 263-279
Interpreting Quantum Mechanics — in the Light of Quantum Logic....Pages 281-290
On the Interpretation of Quantum Theory — from Copenhagen to the Present Day....Pages 291-299
Epistemic and Ontic Quantum Realities....Pages 301-321
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Information and Fundamental Elements of the Structure of Quantum Theory....Pages 323-354
Multiple Quantization in Fock Space....Pages 355-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
The Ur-Hypothesis....Pages 363-365
The Momentum Eigenstates and the Lorentz-Invariant State....Pages 367-371
C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Reconstruction of Physics: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow....Pages 373-383
The Operational Structure of Spacetime....Pages 385-395
Ur Theory and Space-Time Structure....Pages 397-407
Weizs?cker’s Ur Theory — A Cosmological Point of View....Pages 409-419
Ur Theory and Cosmological Phase Transition....Pages 421-425
Phase Transitions in an Expanding Universe: Paul Roman’s Models and Some Remarks on Entropy....Pages 427-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-454

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker and The Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society....Pages 17-23
The Role of the Physicist in the Nuclear Age....Pages 25-26
“The Atomic Bomb Reveals the Political Responsibility of Science”....Pages 27-58
On the Unfathomableness of Consciousness by Consciousness....Pages 59-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Introduction: From the Atomic Nucleus to Cosmic Vortex Systems....Pages 75-81
The Origins of Nuclear Physics and Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker’s Semi-Empirical Mass Formula....Pages 83-114
Thermonuclear Processes in Stars and Stellar Neutrinos....Pages 115-134
Comets: Fascinating Cosmic Objects....Pages 135-143
The Spectrum of Turbulence....Pages 145-157
From Dust Disks to Planetary Systems....Pages 159-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Science and Its Relation to Nature in C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Natural Philosophy....Pages 173-185
C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Philosophy of Science and the Nature of Time....Pages 187-202
What Is Missing? — The Fundamental Role of Time in C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Conception of Physics and Some Insights from Modern Neuroscience....Pages 203-217
Irreversibility via Semichaos....Pages 219-233
Remarks on Fractional Time....Pages 235-241
The Dynamics of Modelling....Pages 243-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
An Introduction to Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker’s Program for a Reconstruction of Quantum Theory....Pages 263-279
Interpreting Quantum Mechanics — in the Light of Quantum Logic....Pages 281-290
On the Interpretation of Quantum Theory — from Copenhagen to the Present Day....Pages 291-299
Epistemic and Ontic Quantum Realities....Pages 301-321
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Information and Fundamental Elements of the Structure of Quantum Theory....Pages 323-354
Multiple Quantization in Fock Space....Pages 355-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
The Ur-Hypothesis....Pages 363-365
The Momentum Eigenstates and the Lorentz-Invariant State....Pages 367-371
C.F. von Weizs?cker’s Reconstruction of Physics: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow....Pages 373-383
The Operational Structure of Spacetime....Pages 385-395
Ur Theory and Space-Time Structure....Pages 397-407
Weizs?cker’s Ur Theory — A Cosmological Point of View....Pages 409-419
Ur Theory and Cosmological Phase Transition....Pages 421-425
Phase Transitions in an Expanding Universe: Paul Roman’s Models and Some Remarks on Entropy....Pages 427-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-454
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