Far Horizons of Time

Far Horizons of Time

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Ransford H. Chris
De Gruyter
EAN: 9783110440270
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What is Time? Assuming no prior specialized knowledge by the reader, the book raises specific, hitherto overlooked questions about how time works, such as how and why anyone can be made to be, at the very same instant, simultaneous with events that are actually days apart. It examines abiding issues in the physics of time or at its periphery which still elude a full explanation ― such as delayed choice experiments, the brain's perception of time during saccadic masking, and more ― and suggests that these phenomena can only exist because they ultimately obey applicable mathematics, thereby agreeing with a modern view that the universe and everything within it, including the mind, are ultimately mathematical structures. It delves into how a number of conundrums, such as the weak Anthropic Principle, could be resolved, and how such resolutions could be tested experimentally. All its various threads converge towards a same new vision of the ultimate essence of time, seen as a side effect from a deeper reality.
EAN 9783110440270
ISBN 311044027X
Binding Hardback
Publisher De Gruyter
Publication date April 24, 2015
Pages 128
Language English
Dimensions 240 x 170
Country Germany
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Ransford H. Chris
Illustrations 1 b/w ill., 1 b/w tbl.