Now

Richard A. Muller

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Author
Richard A. Muller
Publish Date
2017-09-19
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
W. W. Norton & Company
Subtitle
The Physics of Time
Number of Pages
368
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0393354814
ISBN-13
9780393354812
SKU
9780393354812

Description

From the celebrated author of the best-selling Physics for Future Presidents comes “a provocative, strongly argued book on the fundamental nature of time” (Lee Smolin).
You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? "Now" has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. In Now, eminent physicist Richard A. Muller takes up the challenge. He begins with remarkably clear explanations of relativity, entropy, entanglement, the Big Bang, and more, setting the stage for his own revolutionary theory of time, one that makes testable predictions. Muller’s monumental work will spark major debate about the most fundamental assumptions of our universe, and may crack one of physics’ longest-standing enigmas. 42 illustrations