{"product_id":"time-reborn-from-the-crisis-in-physics-to-the-future-of-the-universe-paperback","title":"Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Smolin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals offers a radical new view of the nature of time, and explores its implications for everything from physics and cosmology to economics and climate change.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is time? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the sort of question we rarely ask because it seems so obvious. And yet, to a physicist, time is simply a human construct and an illusion: if you could somehow get outside the universe and observe it from there, you would see that every moment has always existed and always will. Lee Smolin disagrees, and in \u003cem\u003eTime Reborn\u003c\/em\u003e he lays out the case why. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevelopments in physics and cosmology point toward the reality of time and the openness of the future. Smolin's groundbreaking theory postulates that physical laws can evolve over time and the future is not yet determined. Newton's fundamental laws may not remain so fundamental. \u003cem\u003eTime Reborn\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a popular primer and investigation of time, both what it is and how the true nature of it impacts our world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...at once entertaining, thought-provoking, fabulously ambitious and fabulously speculative.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He challenges not only Einstein's relativity, but also the very notion of natural laws as immutable truths.\"--\u003cem\u003eEconomist \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the essential books of the twenty-first century . . . Smolin provides a much-needed dose of clarity about time, with implications that go far beyond physics to economics, politics, and personal philosophy.\"--Jaron Lanier, author of \u003cem\u003eYou Are Not a Gadget\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you are looking for a bracing alternative vision of physics built from the ground up, Smolin's \u003ci\u003eTime Reborn\u003c\/i\u003e will take you to the mountaintop.\" NPR \u003cbr\u003eWhat is time? \u003cbr\u003eIt s the sort of question we rarely ask because it seems so obvious. And yet, to a physicist, time is simply a human construct and an illusion. If you could somehow get outside the universe and observe it from there, you would see that every moment has always existed and always will. Lee Smolin disagrees, and in \u003ci\u003eTime Reborn\u003c\/i\u003e he lays out the case why. \u003cbr\u003eRecent developments in physics and cosmology point toward the reality of time and the openness of the future. Smolin s groundbreaking theory postulates that physical laws can evolve over time and the future is not yet determined. Newton s fundamental laws may not remain so fundamental.\u003ci\u003e Time Reborn\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a popular primer and investigation of time, both what it is and how the true nature of it impacts our world. \u003cbr\u003e\"He challenges not only Einstein s relativity, but also the very notion of natural laws as immutable truths.\" \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One of the essential books of the twenty-first century . . . Smolin provides a much-needed dose of clarity about time, with implications that go far beyond physics to economics, politics, and personal philosophy. Jaron Lanier, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not a Gadget\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEE SMOLIN has made influential contributions to the search for a unification of physics. He is a founding faculty member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Physics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThree Roads to Quantum Gravity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761838784800,"sku":"9780544245594","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00a7cf83e085ca74a13e9de367b4bbdc.webp?v=1780214113","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/time-reborn-from-the-crisis-in-physics-to-the-future-of-the-universe-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}