From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

Dutton (2010)
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This book provides an account of the nature of time, especially time's arrow and the role of entropy, at a semi-popular level. Special attention is given to statistical mechanics, the past hypothesis, and possible cosmological explanations thereof.

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9351116948   1851688951   0452296544   0525951334   9789351116943  
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