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Beyond the Dynamical Universe - Unifying Block Universe Physics and Time as Experienced (Hardcover)
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Beyond the Dynamical Universe - Unifying Block Universe Physics and Time as Experienced (Hardcover)
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Theoretical physics and foundations of physics have not made much
progress in the last few decades. Whether we are talking about
unifying general relativity and quantum field theory (quantum
gravity), explaining so-called dark energy and dark matter
(cosmology), or the interpretation and implications of quantum
mechanics and relativity, there is no consensus in sight. In
addition, both enterprises are deeply puzzled about various facets
of time including above all, time as experienced. The authors argue
that, across the board, this impasse is the result of the
"dynamical universe paradigm," the idea that reality is
fundamentally made up of physical entities that evolve in time from
some initial state according to dynamical laws. Thus, in the
dynamical universe, the initial conditions plus the dynamical laws
explain everything else going exclusively forward in time. In
cosmology, for example, the initial conditions reside in the Big
Bang and the dynamical law is supplied by general relativity.
Accordingly, the present state of the universe is explained
exclusively by its past. This book offers a completely new paradigm
(called Relational Blockworld), whereby the past, present and
future co-determine each other via "adynamical global constraints,"
such as the least action principle. Accordingly, the future is just
as important for explaining the present as is the past. Most of the
book is devoted to showing how Relational Blockworld resolves many
of the current conundrums of both theoretical physics and
foundations of physics, including the mystery of time as
experienced and how that experience relates to the block universe.
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