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Every human being is aware of the flow of time. This fact is
embodied in the existence of such notions as the past and the
future, the two domains being separated from each other by the
single moment of the present. While the past is regarded as fixed
and definite, the future is viewed as unknown, uncertain, and
undetermined. The only perceivable moment is the present, the `now'
- the ever-changing point moving from the past into the future.
Physics tells us a different story: not only are the vast majority
of physical laws time-reversible, but the concept of the `now'
itself has no place at all in physics. In other words, the
equations of physics do not distinguish between the past and the
future and seem to be completely oblivious to the very idea of the
present. This book discusses the biological and psychological
aspects of perception of time, and the problems related to the
determination of location arising from quantum physics, together
with comments and opinions from philosophers and physicists.
Every human being is aware of the flow of time. This fact is
embodied in the existence of such notions as the past and the
future, the two domains being separated from each other by the
single moment of the present. While the past is regarded as fixed
and definite, the future is viewed as unknown, uncertain, and
undetermined. The only perceivable moment is the present, the `now'
- the ever-changing point moving from the past into the future.
Physics tells us a different story: not only are the vast majority
of physical laws time-reversible, but the concept of the `now'
itself has no place at all in physics. In other words, the
equations of physics do not distinguish between the past and the
future and seem to be completely oblivious to the very idea of the
present. This book discusses the biological and psychological
aspects of perception of time, and the problems related to the
determination of location arising from quantum physics, together
with comments and opinions from philosophers and physicists.
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