Action, time and entropy: The mechanical origin

Abstract

In this review, we discuss the interrelation of advanced interdisciplinary concepts such as time, motion, and change in the context of modern physics and their connection to the idea of action. We mainly address such aspects that permit us to expose the specificity of these concepts. Specifically, we examine the modern paradigm about time and action and its relation to the notions of space, energy, and entropy in the context of classical, quantum, and relativistic physics. We have touched briefly on the logical character of dimensional analysis in the appropriate contexts. The review also includes synthesising past and present research and a methodology survey. Finally, we we briefly discuss some consequences to the science of complexity that these circumstances may cause for building explanatory and predictive theories.