The Briefest History of Time: The History of Histories of Time and the Misconstrued Association between Entropy and Time
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (951 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9814749850 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Towards this goal, detailed reviews of four books on time are presented. It is shown that the briefest (as well as the lengthiest) history of time can be described in one or two pages. The third purpose is to educate the lay reader how to read popular science books, critically. The aim of this book is to explain in simple language what we know about time and about the history of time. The second purpose of the book is to show that neither entropy, nor the Second Law of Thermodynamics has anything to do with time. There are many popular science books on Time, on the beginning of Time and the end o
"Timely Challenge" according to John Anderson. Is a catchy title enough to engage readers in a critical assault on popular books by authority figures with the stature of Stephen Hawking and Sean Carroll? Does a retired professor of physical chemistry have the credentials to scold beloved authors? Given his experience using entropy in his own field, Ben-Naim is quick to notice and criticize inaccurate, sloppy, imprecise, and speculative uses of that concept.Still, this book is a brash effort by Ben-Naim whose most popular book sold Timely Challenge John Anderson Is a catchy title enough to engage readers in a critical assault on popular books by authority figures with the stature of Stephen Hawking and Sean Carroll? Does a retired professor of physical chemistry have the credentials to scold beloved authors? Given his experience using entropy in his own field, Ben-Naim is quick to notice and criticize inaccurate, sloppy, imprecise, and speculative uses of that concept.Still, this book is a brash effort by Ben-Naim whose most popular book sold 4,000 copies compared to Hawking’s approximately 10,000,000 copies of “A Brief Hi. ,000 copies compared to Hawking’s approximately 10,000,000 copies of “A Brief Hi. A MUST HAVE FOR ALL PHILOSOPHY AND SICENCE READING ENTHUSIASTS Now, from the brilliant mind of Professor Arieh Ben-Naim comes a bold and powerful look at a subject we are all interested in: TIME. Through the ages, philosophers, scientists and physicists alike have tried to explain Time. Is it real or an illusion? Is it a substance or a thing? Can it be born or die? If so, is it alive or is that just plain nonsense? Can we travel back and forth through Time? How is Time related to the Second Law of thermodynamics? These questions and many others tantalize and stimulate our imagination. But where do reality and imagination meet? Ben-Naim pr. All this makes the reading easy and funny Jose Angel Sordo Gonzalo In his “The Briefest History of Time”, Arieh Ben-Naim makes a pedagogical effort to convince the reader that time has nothing to do with the second law of thermodynamics, and more specifically with entropy. This is far from being a trivial task, bearing in mind the numerous popular-science books (even science text books!) published, sometimes written by highly reputed scientists, containing misleading statements and arguments, leading to confusion.The book is written in a direct and simple style, and the arguments employed are convincing and, occasionally, devastat