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?
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…
Innehållsförteckning
Preface ……………………………………………………………………………… xi
Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………… xiv
Part I – The Everywhen
The Relativity of Time ……………………………………………….. 6
Spacetime & the Simultaneity of Events …………………………. 19
The Eternals …………………………………………………………. 33
The Identity of a Moment …………………………………………… 42
Free Will & The Sway of the Future ………………………………. 49
The Arrow of Time & The Problem of Flow …………………….. 60
Part II – The Quantum
The Strangeness of Light & The Nature of Matter ………………. 74
Superposition ………………………………………………………… 89
Entanglement ……………………………………………………… 103
The Infinite Tree ……………………………………………………. 115
Exploiting Plurality ……………………………………………….. 138
Parallel Timelines, Choice & Reckoning ………………………… 147
Part III – Quantum Spacetime
Falling ……………………………………………………………….. 163
Quantum Timelessness & The Previous Forever ………………. 180
On the Origins of Space …………………………………………… 191
Timelike Entanglements ………………………………………….. 210
Part IV – The Rivers of Time
The Becoming ………………………………………………………. 225
Part V – The Magnificence
The Totality of Being ………………………………………………. 250
Reflections ………………………………………………………….. 260
Glossary of Terms ……………………………………………………………… 270
Works Cited …………………………………………………………………….. 283
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………… 286
Om författaren
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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