{"product_id":"the-end-of-time-the-next-revolution-in-physics-9780195145922","title":"The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e 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 continuum, but also points to the solution of one of the great paradoxes of modern science, the chasm between classical and quantum physics. Indeed, Barbour argues that the holy grail of physicists--the unification of Einstein's general relativity with quantum mechanics--may well spell the end of time.\u003cbr\u003e Barbour writes with remarkable clarity as he ranges from the ancient philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides, through the giants of science Galileo, Newton, and Einstein, to the work of the contemporary physicists John Wheeler, Roger Penrose, and Steven Hawking. Along the way he treats us to enticing glimpses of some of the mysteries of the universe, and presents intriguing ideas about multiple worlds, time travel, immortality, and, above all, the illusion of motion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe End of Time\u003c\/em\u003e is a vibrantly written and revolutionary book. It turns our understanding of reality inside-out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian B. Barbour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.26w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195145922","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45463159079049,"sku":"9780195145922","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_45f828f3-6d33-40e4-91e7-dbb6ceaa0b05.jpg?v=1774998463","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-end-of-time-the-next-revolution-in-physics-9780195145922","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}