The Time Illusion (Kindle Single)

The Time Illusion (Kindle Single)

Albert Einstein said â€œthe distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusionâ€. So, why do we perceive a flow of time? Is the future â€œalready thereâ€, and is the past â€œstill thereâ€, even though we are only aware of a single moment of time?

Drawing on the latest ideas from both relativity and quantum theory, award-winning science writer John Gribbin (In Search of SchrÃ¶dingerâ€™s Cat) addresses the questions that have baffled philosophers since antiquity and Zenoâ€™s arrow paradox. Along the way, we find that in the quantum world it is literally true that a watched pot never boils, and learn how physicists have come to terms with the idea of the four-dimensional block universe as an explanation of the distinction between past, present and future.

Why do eggs break when we drop them, but never unbreak? The Universe as we know it began in a Big Bang, which in some sense marks the beginning of time. Is it possible that we need to invoke the Big Bang to explain why we never see unbroken eggs? This idea glories in the name â€œthe past hypothesisâ€, but many physicists regard it as no more than an attempt to sweep the problem of the arrow of time under the rug. Read The Time Illusion and see if you agree!
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-31
Format Kindle eBook

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