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050 00 $aQC173.59.S65$bM85 2016
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100 1 $aMuller, R.$q(Richard),$eauthor.
245 10 $aNow :$bthe physics of time /$cRichard A. Muller.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2016]
264 4 $c©2016
300 $a364 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A monumental work on the flow of time, from the universe's creation to "Now," by the best-selling author of Physics for Future Presidents. "Now" is a simple concept--you're reading this sentence now. Yet a real definition of "now" has eluded even the great Einstein. We know that time stretches and is affected by gravity and velocity. Yet, as eminent physicist Richard A. Muller points out, it is only today that we have all the physics at hand--relativity, entropy, entanglement, antimatter, and the Big Bang--to explain the flow of time. With these building blocks in place, Muller reaches a startling conclusion: our expanding universe is continuously creating not only new space but also new time. The front edge of this new time is what we call "now," and this moment is truly unique--it is the only moment in which we can exercise our free will. Muller's thought-provoking vision is a powerful counter to established theories in science and philosophy, and his arguments will spark major debate about the most fundamental assumptions of our universe"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart I: Amazing time. The entangled enigma ; Einstein's childhood regression ; The leaping now ; Contradictions and paradoxes ; Lightspeed limit, lightspeed loophole ; Imaginary time ; To infinity and beyond -- Part II: Broken arrow. An arrow of confusion ; Demystifying entropy ; Mystifying entropy ; Time explained ; Our unlikely universe ; The universe erupts ; The end of time ; Throwing entropy under the bus ; Alternative arrows -- Part III: Spooky physics. A cat both dead and alive ; Tickling the quantum ghost ; Einstein is spooked ; Backward time travel observed -- Part IV: Physics and reality. Beyond physics ; Cogito ergo sum ; Free will -- Part V: Now. The 4D Big Bang ; The meaning of now.
650 0 $aSpace and time.
650 0 $aEntropy.
650 0 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy.
650 7 $aSCIENCE$xTime.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY$xFree Will & Determinism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE$xPhysics$xGeneral.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEntropy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00912823
650 7 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01063079
650 7 $aSpace and time.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01127622
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Time.
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Physics / General.
650 4 $aSpace and time.
650 4 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy.
852 00 $bsci$hQC173.59.S65$iM85 2016