The Nature of Time

Why does time appear to run in only one direction? We remember the
past- but why not the future? We can influence the future- but
could we, even theoretically, influence the past?

Generations of philosophers and theologians, physicists and
mathematicians have puzzles and speculated about these and the many
other questions that surround the concept of time. Recent
scientific work is said to explain the directionality of time. But
time still contains many mysteries- black holes and big bangs,
asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops - that will
doubtless continue to occupy us for centuries to come.

In this impressive collection of original articles ten
internationally known scholars explore and explains the nature of
time, apace and now space-time. Founded on the latest developments
in thermodynamics, quantum theory and cosmology, their ideas will
fascinate anyone interested in Einstein's theory of relativity.