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Somewhere near the heart of existence, shimmers the ethereal beauty of the mystery of Time. Though seemingly familiar to us all, time harbours secrets that penetrate the very deepest levels of reality, and though we feel certain in our conviction that we're swept forth upon the crest of its never-ending flow, with Einstein's discovery of relativity came what is perhaps the most stunning realisation in the entire history of scientific thought - the wondrously breathtaking revelation that in reality, there's actually no such thing as the passage of time... How can this extraordinary truth be reconciled with the reality we so surely suppose to experience? What does it mean for the very human concerns of life and death, free will, identity, and self? What should it mean for our philosophy? And how should it inform our world view? The search for answers leads through the fantastical realm of quantum physics, and the strange parallel worlds it describes, as we discover that the answers which such questions provoke, are perhaps even more profound than the questions themselves. Buried deep within the riddle of time, lies the staggering beauty of the world. As we peel back the layers to try and sneak a glimpse into eternity, we find a light shining not only upon the nature of reality, but on the nature of ourselves...

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Author:   Marc Garner
Publisher:   Shadowlands Media
Imprint:   Shadowlands Media
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.655kg
ISBN:  

9781919629407

ISBN 10:   1919629408
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   12 August 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface ........................................................................................................... xiii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ xvi Part I - The Everywhen ..................................................................................... 3 - The Relativity of Time ..................................................................................... 6 - Spacetime and The Simultaneity of Events .................................................. 19 - The Eternals ................................................................................................. 33 - The Identity of a Moment .............................................................................. 42 - Free Will and The Sway of the Future .......................................................... 49 - The Arrow of Time and The Problem of Flow ............................................... 60 Part II - The Quantum ..................................................................................... 71 - The Strangeness of Light and The Nature of Matter .................................... 74 - Superposition ............................................................................................... 89 - Entanglement ............................................................................................. 101 - The Infinite Tree ......................................................................................... 113 - Exploiting Plurality ...................................................................................... 136 - Parallel Timelines, Choice and Reckoning ................................................. 145 Part III - Quantum Spacetime ....................................................................... 157 - Falling ......................................................................................................... 161 - Quantum Timelessness and The Previous Forever .................................. 178 - On the Origins of Space ............................................................................. 189 - Time-like Entanglements ............................................................................ 208 Part IV - The Rivers of Time ......................................................................... 219 - The Becoming ............................................................................................ 223 Part V - The Magnificence ............................................................................ 245 - The Totality of Being ................................................................................... 248 - Reflections ................................................................................................. 258 Glossary of Terms ......................................................................................... 268 Works Cited .................................................................................................. 280 Bibliography .................................................................................................. 283

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A head-spinning dive into relativity, quantum entanglement, the illusion of time, and how our humanity connects to it all :(Publishers Weekly)

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Marc Garner is a writer and critical thinker with a life-long fascination with the nature of time, and a strongly-held conviction that our greatest stories are those which are true. Why turn to fiction when the truth is so much more mesmerising than anything we could possibly hope to make up? .

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