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Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. These laws dictate how the future will evolve: there is no freedom, no uncertainty about the future at all.
Yet, argues Lee Smolin, this denial of time is holding back both physics, and our understanding of the universe. We need a major revolution in scientific thought: one that embraces the reality of time and places it at the centre of our thinking. Time, he concludes, is not an illusion: indeed, it is the best clue that we have to fundamental reality. Time Reborn explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe.



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One of the most original living theorists ... He challenges not only Einstein's relativity, but also the very notion of natural laws as immutable truths * Economist *
Brilliant and persuasive -- Ray Monk * Guardian *
Provocative and stimulating ... Smolin reconceives the universe -- Christopher Potter * Sunday Times *

Time Reborn From the Crisis in Physics to the

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 29 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9780141046525
      978-0141046525
      ISBN-10 014104652X
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      Science & Nature Astronomy, space and time Physics Popular science

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. These laws dictate how the future will evolve: there is no freedom, no uncertainty about the future at all.
      Yet, argues Lee Smolin, this denial of time is holding back both physics, and our understanding of the universe. We need a major revolution in scientific thought: one that embraces the reality of time and places it at the centre of our thinking. Time, he concludes, is not an illusion: indeed, it is the best clue that we have to fundamental reality. Time Reborn explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe.



      Trade Review
      One of the most original living theorists ... He challenges not only Einstein's relativity, but also the very notion of natural laws as immutable truths * Economist *
      Brilliant and persuasive -- Ray Monk * Guardian *
      Provocative and stimulating ... Smolin reconceives the universe -- Christopher Potter * Sunday Times *

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