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The Next Revolution In Our Understanding Of The Universe
Although the laws of nature create a powerful illusion that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless "nows". In this lucid and original book, the theoretical physicist Julian Barbour describes the imminent 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 time - and quantum mechanics - which demands it.
Barbour contends that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the profound conflict between these two foundational pillars of modern physics: the idea proposed in this book is that there is, quite literally, no time at all.
The culmination of 35 years of independent research, 'The End Of Time' is the first full-length account of this radical new worldview. Unifying thinking that has never before been brought together in a book for the general reader, this book 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. The book concludes with the author's brilliant description of how a world of Platonic stillness can appear to be teeming with motion.
This ground-breaking book presents a dazzling and inspiring argument in a way that all will be able to follow, but no one with an interest in the universe will be able to ignore.
