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Modern physics has revealed the universe as a much stranger place than we could have imagined. The puzzle at the centre of our knowledge of the universe is time. Michael Lockwood takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the nature of things. He investigates philosophical questions about past, present,…

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1 author picked The Labyrinth of Time as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It gave me insight into perspectives I had not considered. Time is possibly the most intriguing of mysteries of the universe and of the human condition.

They explained how our understanding of time has changed, from us having a fixed universal time, through the entwining of space and time dimensions, to the challenge of non-local interactions and beyond. It is remarkably broad, covering recent developments and cutting-edge ideas.

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