{"product_id":"the-nature-of-time-9780631165781","title":"The Nature of Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany philosophers, theologians, physicists and mathematicians have speculated on the nature of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain why time runs forward from past to future. But time still contains many mysteries - black holes, big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Time 'Paradoxes' in Relativity 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Space, Time and Space--Time: A Philosopher's View 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Big Bangs, Black Holes and 'Time's Arrow' 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Time and Cosmology 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Time and Dispersal: The Second Law 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Time Asymmetry and Quantum Mechanics 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Open Future 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Causal Loops 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403389542743,"sku":"9780631165781","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631165781.jpg?v=1730483318","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-nature-of-time-9780631165781","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}