The far horizons of time time and mind in the universe /
Ransford, H. Chris,
The far horizons of time time and mind in the universe / H. Chris Ransford ; managing editor, Paulina Leśna-Szreter ; language editor, Andrew Laister. - 1 online resource (128 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements and Thanks -- Introduction -- Prologue: Walk Towards A Distant Star -- 1 Time -- Part 1 -- 2 When is Now? -- 3 The Time Explorer's Toolkit -- 4 Infinity and Infinities -- 5 Our Quantized Reality: Life in the Strobe Lights -- 6 A Surprisingly Puzzling Reality -- 7 Wave Functions: Mathematics Is Reality -- 8 The Most Complex Object in the Known Universe -- 9 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (aka Indeterminacy) -- 10 Time -- Part 2: the Guises of Time -- 11 Gödel Universes? -- 12 Big Bangs -- 13 Bubbles of Time -- 14 Multiverse Scenarios -- 15 In Search of OM -- End Notes -- Further Reading -- Index
The book raises and resolves specific questions in the physics of time, such as how and why someone can be simultaneous with events that are in fact days apart. It examines further abiding issues in the physics of time, and suggests that such phenomena can only exist because they ultimately obey applicable mathematics. This leads to a new vision of what time is, seen as a side effect from a deeper reality.
9783110440287 3110440288 3110441438 311044027X 9783110440270 9783110441437
Space and time.
Space and time.
Electronic books.
QC173.59.S65 / .R36 2014eb
530.11
The far horizons of time time and mind in the universe / H. Chris Ransford ; managing editor, Paulina Leśna-Szreter ; language editor, Andrew Laister. - 1 online resource (128 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements and Thanks -- Introduction -- Prologue: Walk Towards A Distant Star -- 1 Time -- Part 1 -- 2 When is Now? -- 3 The Time Explorer's Toolkit -- 4 Infinity and Infinities -- 5 Our Quantized Reality: Life in the Strobe Lights -- 6 A Surprisingly Puzzling Reality -- 7 Wave Functions: Mathematics Is Reality -- 8 The Most Complex Object in the Known Universe -- 9 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (aka Indeterminacy) -- 10 Time -- Part 2: the Guises of Time -- 11 Gödel Universes? -- 12 Big Bangs -- 13 Bubbles of Time -- 14 Multiverse Scenarios -- 15 In Search of OM -- End Notes -- Further Reading -- Index
The book raises and resolves specific questions in the physics of time, such as how and why someone can be simultaneous with events that are in fact days apart. It examines further abiding issues in the physics of time, and suggests that such phenomena can only exist because they ultimately obey applicable mathematics. This leads to a new vision of what time is, seen as a side effect from a deeper reality.
9783110440287 3110440288 3110441438 311044027X 9783110440270 9783110441437
Space and time.
Space and time.
Electronic books.
QC173.59.S65 / .R36 2014eb
530.11