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The first is that the most common explanation for time – entropy – is flawed: firstly, because we have no way of explaining how the concentration of energy that would allow the Big Bang to take place came about, and secondly because none of our understanding of entropy takes into account the fact that the universe is infinitely expanding.
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The Janus Point, Julian Barbour
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Janus Point
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Julian Barbour
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN10
- 1847924735
- ISBN13
- 9781847924735
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Philosophical Topics, Science, British Literature, Physics, 21st Century
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
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- The first is that the most common explanation for time – entropy – is flawed: firstly, because we have no way of explaining how the concentration of energy that would allow the Big Bang to take place came about, and secondly because none of our understanding of entropy takes into account the fact that the universe is infinitely expanding.