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Here the philosopher and physicist David Z Albert argues, among other things, that the difference between past and future can be understood as a mechanical phenomenon of nature and that quantum mechanics makes it impossible to present the entirety of what can be said about the world as a narrative of “befores” and “afters.”

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Valuable for readers seriously interested in scientific metaphysics… Albert offers a piercing analysis of modern physics. -- David Kordahl * Los Angeles Review of Books *
This work will influentially speak [to advanced students in both philosophy and physics]. -- P. D. Skiff * Choice *
After Physics consists of eight brilliant essays in Albert’s inimitable style exploring connections between fundamental physical theories (in particular quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics) and central issues in metaphysics and epistemology. It will stimulate a great deal of discussion among those interested in matters on the border between physics and philosophy. -- Barry Loewer, Rutgers University

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 10 October 2016
      ISBN-13 9780674970878
      978-0674970878
      ISBN-10 067497087X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Here the philosopher and physicist David Z Albert argues, among other things, that the difference between past and future can be understood as a mechanical phenomenon of nature and that quantum mechanics makes it impossible to present the entirety of what can be said about the world as a narrative of “befores” and “afters.”

      Trade Review
      Valuable for readers seriously interested in scientific metaphysics… Albert offers a piercing analysis of modern physics. -- David Kordahl * Los Angeles Review of Books *
      This work will influentially speak [to advanced students in both philosophy and physics]. -- P. D. Skiff * Choice *
      After Physics consists of eight brilliant essays in Albert’s inimitable style exploring connections between fundamental physical theories (in particular quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics) and central issues in metaphysics and epistemology. It will stimulate a great deal of discussion among those interested in matters on the border between physics and philosophy. -- Barry Loewer, Rutgers University

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