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- catalog abstract ""Although the laws of nature create a powerful illusion that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'. In this book, the theoretical physicist Julian Barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the cosmos: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together Einstein's general theory of relativity - which denies the existence of a unique time - and quantum mechanics - which demands one. Barbour contends that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the profound conflict between these two foundational pillars of modern physics, and in this book he proposes it: there is, quite literally, no time at all." "The End of Time is the first full-length account of this new worldview. Unifying thinking that has never before been brought together in a book for the general reader, The End of Time reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics, after centuries of advancement, is now coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing actually emerges from a universe that is timeless."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11092749.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Although the laws of nature create a powerful illusion that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'. In this book, the theoretical physicist Julian Barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the cosmos: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together Einstein's general theory of relativity - which denies the existence of a unique time - and quantum mechanics - which demands one. Barbour contends that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the profound conflict between these two foundational pillars of modern physics, and in this book he proposes it: there is, quite literally, no time at all." "The End of Time is the first full-length account of this new worldview. Unifying thinking that has never before been brought together in a book for the general reader, The End of Time reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics, after centuries of advancement, is now coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing actually emerges from a universe that is timeless."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [358]-361) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 371 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0297819852".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Weidenfeld & Nicholson,".
- catalog subject "QC173.59.S65 B374 1999".
- catalog subject "Quantum theory.".
- catalog subject "Relativity (Physics)".
- catalog subject "Space and time.".
- catalog subject "Time.".
- catalog title "The end of time : the next revolution in our understanding of the universe / Julian Barbour.".
- catalog type "text".