Now: The Physics of Time - and the Ephemeral Moment That Einstein Could Not Explain
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01L7NB4QC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 487 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Two thirds of a good book: Two thirds of a good book: 3.5 stars This book by Berkeley physicist Richard Muller is a combination of very interesting and disappointing. The main goal of the book is to provide an overview of a new theory of the generation of time that Muller has proposed. According to Muller, just like space expands as the universe ex. .5 stars" according to Ashutosh S. Jogalekar. This book by Berkeley physicist Richard Muller is a combination of very interesting and disappointing. The main goal of the book is to provide an overview of a new theory of the generation of time that Muller has proposed. According to Muller, just like space expands as the universe ex. Aaron C. Brown said An excellent book written by a great physicist who is also a great educator. This is an excellent book, and I particularly recommend it in combination with Sean Carroll's recently published The Big Picture. Both books cover the modern understanding of the nature of reality with precision and without jargon; at a level that intelligent non-specialist readers can. Not well written Ellen Jackson The promos for this book make it sound as if it's for the general reading public. Well, it's not. There are equations and references to equations throughout. Muller skips over many difficult ideas without sufficient explanation, and these really need to be explained more thoroughly to
He says physics should explain reality, not deny it. He argues that time is also expanding and that the leading edge of the new time is what we experience as now. Muller points out that the standard big bang theory explains the ongoing expansion of the universe as the continuous creation of new space. Muller protests. You are reading the word now right now. Einstein showed that the flow of time is affected by both velocity and gravity, yet he despaired at his failure to explain the meaning of now. This thought-provoking vision has remarkable implications for some of our biggest questions, not only in physics but also in philosophy, including the ongoing debate about the reality of free will. Moreover, his theory is testable. With the stage thus set, he reveals a startling way forward. In Now, Muller does more than poke holes in past ideas; he crafts his own revolutionary theory, 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.. But what does that mean? What makes the ephemeral moment now so special? Its enigmatic character has bedeviled philosop