The end of time : the next revolution in physics / Julian Barbour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbour, Julian B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time.

Relativity (Physics).

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Feynman once quipped that ""Time is what happens when nothing else does."" But Julian Barbour disagrees: if nothing happened, if nothing changed, then time would stop. For time is nothing but change. It is change that we perceive occurring all around us, not time. Put simply, time does not exist. In this highly provocative volume, Barbour presents the basic evidence for a timeless universe, and shows why we still experience the world as intensely temporal. It is a book that strikes at the heart of modern physics. It casts doubt on Einstein's greatest contribution, the spacetime continu

Contents:

pt. 1. The big picture in simple terms

pt. 2. The invisible framework and the ultimate arena

pt. 3. The deep structure of general relativity

pt. 4. Quantum mechanics and quantum cosmology

pt. 5. History in the timeless universe.

Notes:

First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[358]-361) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-988189-8

1-283-11327-9

9786613113276

0-19-976089-6

OCLC:

593782688