Time [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction
Jennan Ismael2022
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What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in
time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of
Newton, these questions were purely topics of philosophical speculation. Since
then we've learned a great deal about time, and its study has moved from a
subject of philosophical reflection to instead became part of the subject matter
of physics.
This Very Short Introduction introduces listeners to the current physical
understanding of the direction of time, from the Second Law of Thermodynamics to
the emergence of complexity and life. Jenann Ismael charts the line of
development in physical theory from Newton, via Einstein's Theory of Relativity,
to the current day. In this new vision, time is one of the dimensions in which
the universe is extended alongside the spatial dimensions. The universe appears
as a static block of events, in which there is no more a difference between past
and future than there is between ...
Main title:
Time [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction / Jennan Ismael
Author:
Jennan Ismael, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Audio, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (98 MB, 03:34:22 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Kate Zane
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781666167399
Language:
English
BRN:
439251
Electronic access:
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |