The physical basis of the direction of time. (Q2465016)

From the Publisher's description: ``This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological settings. It includes new sections on the meaning of probabilities in a cosmological context, irreversible aspects of quantum computers, and various consequences of the expansion of the Universe. Many other sections have been rewritten. In particular, the book contains an analysis of the physical concept of time, a detailed treatment of radiation damping as well as extended sections on quantum entanglement and decoherence, arrows of time hidden in various interpretations of quantum theory, and the emergence of time in quantum gravity.'' In comparison with the fourth edition, see Zbl 0976.83001, all chapters have again been revised, and two new sections are inserted: 3.5. ``Cosmic probabilities and history'', where also the anthropic principle is shortly discussed, and 4.3.3. ``Quantum computers'', a concept which is related to decoherence.