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Autore |
Barbour Julian B |
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Titolo |
The end of time : the next revolution in physics / / Julian Barbour |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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0-19-988189-8 |
1-283-11327-9 |
9786613113276 |
0-19-976089-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Space and time |
Relativity (Physics) |
Quantum theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2001. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[358]-361) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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