Time reborn : from the crisis in physics to the future of the universe (Record no. 377405)
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fixed length control field | 02270 a2200193 4500 |
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fixed length control field | 140323b2013 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781846142994 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 530.12 |
Item number | S6T4 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Smolin, Lee |
9 (RLIN) | 231249 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Time reborn : from the crisis in physics to the future of the universe |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Smolin, Lee |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013 |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Allen Lane |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xxxi, 319 p. |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
Price type code | INR |
Price amount | 799.00 |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | "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"- Provided by publisher.<br/> |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Quantum cosmology |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Space and time |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Quantum field theory |
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Koha item type | Book |
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Non-fiction | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | 31/07/2013 | 2 | 639.20 | 3 | 2 | 530.12 S6T4 | 179629 | 07/05/2020 | 08/01/2020 | 08/01/2020 | 799.00 | 09/04/2020 | Book |