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The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature

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Time, the fundamental dimension of our existence, has fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists of every culture and every century. All of us can remember a moment as a child when time became a personal reality, when we realized what a "year" was, or asked ourselves when "now" happened. Common sense says time moves forward, never backward, from cradle to grave. Nevertheless, Einstein said that time is an illusion. Nature's laws, as he and Newton defined them, describe a timeless, deterministic universe within which we can make predictions with complete certainty. In effect, these great physicists contended that time is reversible and thus meaningless.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Free Press

Release: August 17, 1997

ISBN: 0684837056

ISBN 13: 9780684837055

The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Time, the fundamental dimension of our existence, has fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists of every culture and every century. All of us can remember a moment as a child when time became a personal reality, when we realized what a "year" was, or asked ourselves when "now" happened. Common sense says time moves forward, never backward, from cradle to grave. Nevertheless, Einstein said that time is an illusion. Nature's laws, as he and Newton defined them, describe a timeless, deterministic universe within which we can make predictions with complete certainty. In effect, these great physicists contended that time is reversible and thus meaningless.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Free Press

Release: August 17, 1997

ISBN: 0684837056

ISBN 13: 9780684837055

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