Summer School: The Nature of Entropy - Arrow of Time

[Dustin Lazarovici]

Shalom all, 

We are still accepting applications for the summer school

The Nature of Entropy II – Arrow of Time

that will take place August 1 – August 6, 2022, in Kochel am See, Germany, about one hour from Munich.  

Description: Why is there an arrow of time in a universe guided, on the fundamental level, by time-symmetric microscopic laws? What role does entropy play in explaining the difference between past and future? And is the passage of time real, or just a stubborn illusion? The interdisciplinary summer school wants to tackle these questions head-on. By bringing together young researchers, graduate students, and internationally acclaimed experts working on statistical mechanics, quantum foundations, and the philosophy of science, we will investigate the nature of time in light of modern physics and clarify its relation to entropy.

Tentative list of speakers: David Albert (Columbia), Julian Barbour, Jean Bricmont (UCLouvain), Dirk Deckert (LMU München), Michael Esfeld (UNIL), Sheldon Goldstein (Rutgers), Jenann Ismael (Columbia), Barry Loewer (Rutgers), Tim Maudlin (NYU), Peter Pickl (Tübingen), Chip Sebens (Caltech), Ward Struyve (KU Leuven), Nino Zanghì (Genova)

Further information and the application form can be found on our website: https://philphys.net/entropy2/