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*24510$aTime reborn :$bfrom the crisis in physics to the future of the universe /$cLee Smolin
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*520  $a"From one of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals, a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos   What is time?   This  deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing  science as we probe more deeply into the fundamentals of the universe.  All of the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face--from the Big Bang  to the future of the universe, from the puzzles of quantum physics to  the unification of forces and particles--come down to the nature of time.  The  fact that time is real may seem obvious. You experience it passing  every day when you watch clocks tick, bread toast, and children grow.  But most physicists, from Newton to Einstein to today's quantum  theorists, have seen things differently. The scientific case for time  being an illusion is formidable. That is why the consequences of  adopting the view that time is real are revolutionary.  Lee Smolin, author of the controversial bestseller The Trouble with Physics,  argues that a limited notion of time is holding physics back. It's time  for a major revolution in scientific thought. The reality of time could  be the key to the next big breakthrough in theoretical physics.  What if the laws of physics themselves were not timeless? What if they could evolve? Time Reborn  offers a radical new approach to cosmology that embraces the reality of  time and opens up a whole new universe of possibilities. There are few  ideas that, like our notion of time, shape our thinking about literally  everything, with huge implications for physics and beyond--from climate  change to the economic crisis. Smolin explains in lively and lucid prose  how the true nature of time impacts our world"--
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From one of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals, a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos

What is time?

This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the fundamentals of the universe. All of the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face--from the Big Bang to the future of the universe, from the puzzles of quantum physics to the unification of forces and particles--come down to the nature of time.

The fact that time is real may seem obvious. You experience it passing every day when you watch clocks tick, bread toast, and children grow. But most physicists, from Newton to Einstein to today's quantum theorists, have seen things differently. The scientific case for time being an illusion is formidable. That is why the consequences of adopting the view that time is real are revolutionary.

Lee Smolin, author of the controversial bestseller The Trouble with Physics , argues that a limited notion of time is holding physics back. It's time for a major revolution in scientific thought. The reality of time could be the key to the next big breakthrough in theoretical physics.

What if the laws of physics themselves were not timeless? What if they could evolve? Time Reborn offers a radical new approach to cosmology that embraces the reality of time and opens up a whole new universe of possibilities. There are few ideas that, like our notion of time, shape our thinking about literally everything, with huge implications for physics and beyond--from climate change to the economic crisis. Smolin explains in lively and lucid prose how the true nature of time impacts our world.

• Prefacep. xi
• Introductionp. xxi
• Weight: The Expulsion of Time
• Fallingp. 3
• The Disappearance of Timep. 12
• A Game of Catchp. 25
• Doing Physics in a Boxp. 37
• The Expulsion of Novelty and Surprisep. 46
• Relativity and Timelessnessp. 54
• Quantum Cosmology and the End of Timep. 76
• Light: Time Reborn
• Interlude: Einstein's Discontentp. 91
• The Cosmological Fallacyp. 95
• The Cosmological Challengep. 103
• Principles for a New Cosmologyp. 114
• The Evolution of Lawsp. 123
• Quantum Mechanics and the Liberation of the Atomp. 140
• The Battle Between Relativity and the Quantump. 154