Causality and Reversibility in Irreversible Time:Book Review

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jqis.2012.21001 Published Online March 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jqis)

Causality and Reversibility in Irreversible Time:

Book Review

M. L. Arushanov

Laboratory of Uzbekistan Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Email: [email protected]

Received January 10, 2012; revised February 15, 2012; accepted February 22, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-935068-55-6

117 pp Pub. Date: October/2011

Price: $100

From classical point of view the full description of a sys-

tem is the sum of its parties descriptions. Quantum me-

chanics introduced essential correction in the classical

view: the measurable properties of a particle ensemble

can exceed the properties sum of its particles. It is im-

possible to describe such entangled states by the known

local field equation. Now nonlocal quantum correlations

are well known, they underlie quantum information sci-

ence and have the practical applications already. On the

other hand in macro-physics, in particular, in astrophys-

ics and geophysics a lot of facts about distant dissipative

processes correlations (including violating classical cau-

sality) not reducible to electromagnetic and gravitation

interactions have been collected. These correlations could

be explained by their nonlocal nature. Although thermo-

dynamic limit now is already a subject of entanglement

research, the mentioned large-scale processes have re-

mained out of scope of quantum information. The book

“Causality and Reversibility in Irreversible Time” by S.

M. Korotaev is the first attempt to fill this gap.

S. M. Korotaev is the well known physicist, follower

of N. A. Kozyrev, working both in the theory and experi-

ment. In his book chapter by chapter, starting from semi-

classical Kozyrev causal mechanics, through quantum

theory (illustrated by wide series of model entangled sta-

tes) he approaches to his outstanding experimental results

described in the last chapter. On this way, in Chapter 4

the hypothesis, which to be experimentally tested, is for-

mulated as macroscopic entanglement equation, taking

into account propositions of causal mechanics, quantum

nonlocality and Hoyle and Narlikar action-at-a distance

electrodynamics.

The Chapter 6 is the main in my opinion. It presents

the results of wide and long series of the experiments,

conducted under the supervision of S. M. Korotaev, on

observation of nonlocal correlations of the distant mac-

roscopic dissipative processes. Most of them are of solar

terrestrial scale. The above hypothesis has bee success-

fully tested. The high level of advanced correlations and

considerable time shift allowed suggesting and imple-

menting the real and r eproducible solar and g eomagnetic

forecasts. The results are of fundamental importance for

basic physics as well as for astrophysics and geophysics.

The applied aspect concerning solar-terrestrial physics is

also obvious. As an expert in atmospheric physics I have

to stress first of all a possibility of the principally new

statement of weather and climate forecast problem. The

measurements of advanced nonlocal correlation open a

way to forecasting a random component of atmospheric

activity which is by definition unpredictable in the fra-

mework of classical paradigm and namely which, at pre-

sent, limits the horizon of predictability. In addition, the

way to understanding strange observed correlations of

the distant processes of different nature opens.

I believe the readers will find the book interesting and

stimulating their own reflections and activities.

REFERENCE

[1] S. M. Korotaev, “Causality and Reversibility in Irreversible

Time,” Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., Irvine, 2011.

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