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03437aam a2200481 a 4500 001 9C605444AE3711E2ADF40BD6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200718010928 008 130325s2013 maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013000389 020 $a 0547511728 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780547511726 (hbk.) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d UPZ $d YDXCP $d GO6 $d ABG $d SILO 050 00 $a QB991.Q36 $b S66 2013 082 00 $a 530.12 $2 23 084 $a SCI055000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Smolin, Lee, $d 1955- 245 10 $a Time reborn : $b from the crisis in physics to the future of the universe / $c Lee Smolin. 260 $a Boston : $b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $c 2013. 300 $a xxxi, 319 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index. 505 0 $a Pt. 1. Weight : the expulsion of time -- pt. 2. Light : time reborn. 520 $a "From one of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals, a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos What is time? This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the fundamentals of the universe. All of the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face--from the Big Bang to the future of the universe, from the puzzles of quantum physics to the unification of forces and particles--come down to the nature of time. The fact that time is real may seem obvious. You experience it passing every day when you watch clocks tick, bread toast, and children grow. But most physicists, from Newton to Einstein to today's quantum theorists, have seen things differently. The scientific case for time being an illusion is formidable. That is why the consequences of adopting the view that time is real are revolutionary. Lee Smolin, author of the controversial bestseller The Trouble with Physics, argues that a limited notion of time is holding physics back. It's time for a major revolution in scientific thought. The reality of time could be the key to the next big breakthrough in theoretical physics. What if the laws of physics themselves were not timeless? What if they could evolve? Time Reborn offers a radical new approach to cosmology that embraces the reality of time and opens up a whole new universe of possibilities. There are few ideas that, like our notion of time, shape our thinking about literally everything, with huge implications for physics and beyond--from climate change to the economic crisis. Smolin explains in lively and lucid prose how the true nature of time impacts our world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Quantum cosmology. 650 0 $a Space and time. 650 0 $a Quantum field theory. 941 $a 15 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716054922.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012533.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722035751.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528054401.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204063309.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110045242.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20190328021313.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826072847.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20150509010906.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150508031859.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150508014929.0 952 $l JLPF081 $d 20150213100536.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20130702021031.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20130607010113.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20130604023210.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9C605444AE3711E2ADF40BD6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search