The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time

by Julian Barbour

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In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and shapes the destiny of the universe. Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics allow for it to flow forward and backward, does it only go forward? Physicists have long appealed to the second law of thermodynamics, held to predict the increase of disorder in the universe,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0465095461

ISBN13:9780465095469

Release Date:December 2020

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.43 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 5.7" x 9.4"

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