The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics

Barbour, Julian

ISBN 10: 0195117298 / ISBN 13: 9780195117295

Published by Oxford University Press, New York:, 2000

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New York:: Oxford University Press, 2000. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (30.00). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Bound in the original purple boards with a black cloth spine, lettered in silver. Sharp corners. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "In this highly provocative volume, Barbour presents the basic evidence for the nonexistence of time, explaining what a timeless universe is like and showing how the world will nonetheless be experienced as intensely temporal. It is a book that strikes at the heart of modern physics, and casts doubt on Einstein's greatest contribution, the space-time continuum theory, but that also points to the solution of one of the greatest paradoxes of modern science: the chasm between classical and quantum physics. [The] author treats us to an enticing look at some of the mysteries of the universe and presents intriguing ideas about multiple worlds, time travel, immortality, and above all, the illusion of motion.". Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. 8vo. x, 371pp. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York:
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195117298
• ISBN 13: 9780195117295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Physics

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Synopsis

Richard Feynman once quipped: "Time is what happens when nothing else does." But Julian Barbour disagrees: if nothing happened, if nothing changed, time would stop. For time is nothing but change. It is change that we perceive occurring all around us, not time. In fact, time doesn't exist.
In this highly provocative volume, Barbour presents the basic evidence for the nonexistence of time, explaining what a timeless universe is like and showing how the world will nonetheless be experienced as intensely temporal. It is a book that strikes at the heart of modern physics, that casts doubt on Einstein's greatest contribution, the space-time continuum, but that also points to the solution of one of the great paradoxes of modern science: the chasm between classical and quantum physics. Indeed, Barbour argues that the unification of Einstein's general relativity and quantum mechanics may well spell the end of time--time will cease to have a role in the foundations of physics.
Barbour writes with remarkable clarity, as he ranges from ancient philosophers such as Heraclitus and Parmenides, to such giants of science as Galileo, Newton, and Einstein, to the work of contemporary physicists such as John Wheeler, Roger Penrose, and Steven Hawking. Along the way, the author treats us to an enticing look at some of the mysteries of the universe and presents intriguing ideas about multiple worlds, time travel, immortality, and, above all, the illusion of motion.
Turning our understanding of reality inside-out, The End of Time is a vibrantly written and revolutionary book.

About the Author

Julian Barbour, a theoretical physicist, has worked on foundational issues in physics for 35 years. Heis the author of the widely praised Absolute or Relative Motion?: Volume I, and is working on the second volume.