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Clean, unread copy in Fine (Near New) condition. No marking or writing in the book - text is completely clean and unmarked, and the book appears unread. Covers are clean and show only slight shelf wear. Binding is firm. Date: 2001. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195145925 9780195145922 [US]
ISBN10: 0195145925, ISBN13: 9780195145922, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2001-11-29, New York] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0195145925, ISBN13: 9780195145922, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2001-11-29, New York] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0195145925, ISBN13: 9780195145922, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0195145925, ISBN13: 9780195145922, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. 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. 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. 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 ...
ISBN10: 0195145925, ISBN13: 9780195145922, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Customer Service!! [Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
Oxford University Press, Date: 2001-11-29. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2001. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195145925 9780195145922 [US]
Oxford University Press, USA. New. Date: 2001. Paperback. 0195145925 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, like new, pristine, never opened -- 371 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2001. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195145925 9780195145922 [US]
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