Peter V. Coveney
Author of The Arrow of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery
Peter V. Coveney is Peter Coveney (1). For other authors named Peter Coveney, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Peter V. Coveney
The Arrow of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery (1990) — Author — 512 copies, 3 reviews
Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life (2023) 11 copies
A Seta do Tempo Livro 1 2 copies
Associated Works
'Chaos, entropy and the arrow of time', New Scientist, 29 September 1990 (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Coveney, Peter V.
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Oxford (BA)
University of Oxford (MA)
University of Oxford (PhD) - Occupations
- professor
- Organizations
- University College London
Royal Academy of Engineering
University of Amsterdam
Yale University School of Medicine
Academia Europaea - Short biography
- [excerpt from University College London website]
At University College London (UCL), Prof Peter V. Coveney holds a chair in Physical Chemistry, is Director of the Centre for Computational Science (CCS), is an Associate Director in the Centre of Advanced Research Computing, and is an Honorary Professor in Computer Science. He is a Professor in Applied High Performance Computing at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and Professor Adjunct at Yale University School of Medicine (USA). Coveney is active in a broad area of interdisciplinary research including condensed matter physics and chemistry, materials science, as well as life and medical sciences in all of which high performance computing plays a major role. - Birthplace
- Ealing, London, Middlesex, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
I found this book difficult to read; the writing style is turgid, academic and lacking in enthusiasm.
The book could have been good, but:
1) The writing style was boring and academic
2) The authors seem to come from the Ilya Prigogine Brussels School, and the incessant references to him and to the school became annoying
3) The authors talked a lot about dissipative irreversible processes (using lots of examples that could have been fascinating if better presented), but failed to explain why the show more existence of these processes could shed light on the fact that the arrow of time is unidirectional, rather than mere evidence that iit is. show less
The book could have been good, but:
1) The writing style was boring and academic
2) The authors seem to come from the Ilya Prigogine Brussels School, and the incessant references to him and to the school became annoying
3) The authors talked a lot about dissipative irreversible processes (using lots of examples that could have been fascinating if better presented), but failed to explain why the show more existence of these processes could shed light on the fact that the arrow of time is unidirectional, rather than mere evidence that iit is. show less
If you've ever wondered why you can't go back in time, this is the book for you!
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Statistics
- Works
- 4
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 528
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 24
- Languages
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