Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point - New Directions for the Physics of Time (Paperback, Revised)


Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way round? The universe began with the Big Bang - will it end with a `Big Crunch'?

Now in paperback, this book presents an innovative and controversial view of time and contemporary physics. Price urges physicists, philosophers, and anyone who has ever pondered the paradoxes of time to look at the world from a fresh perspective, and throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of the universe.


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Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way round? The universe began with the Big Bang - will it end with a `Big Crunch'?

Now in paperback, this book presents an innovative and controversial view of time and contemporary physics. Price urges physicists, philosophers, and anyone who has ever pondered the paradoxes of time to look at the world from a fresh perspective, and throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of the universe.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 1997

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

December 1997

Authors

Dimensions

234 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

320

Edition

Revised

ISBN-13

978-0-19-511798-1

Barcode

9780195117981

Categories

LSN

0-19-511798-0



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