Richard A. Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the best-selling author of Physics for Future Presidents. For his outstanding work in experimental cosmology, he was awarded a 1982 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and also a share of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of dark energy.
"Mind-blowing…[Muller] posits a theory that seems at once plausible
and—surprisingly, for a book with equations—one worth not
spoiling."
*Time*
"[A] concise master class in understanding the essentials of
physics."
*Lisa Jardine-Wright - Science*
"Muller has taken a remarkably fresh and exciting approach to the
analysis of time. With his usual clarity and wit, he proceeds from
solidly established principles—each a fascinating story in its own
right—but when he gets to the meaning of the flow of time and now,
he forges a new path. I expect controversy!"
*Saul Perlmutter, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics*
"Can science shed light on time’s dark mysteries? Richard Muller
thinks it can, making his case in this clear, evocative, and
wide-reaching investigation of how nature may generate the flow of
time. Must-reading for all concerned with the why behind when."
*Timothy Ferris, author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way*
"Richard Muller is a leading physicist, but he’s also
intellectually restless. That’s a potent combination, with the
power to generate transformative ideas about ourselves and our
relationship to the universe. In Now: The Physics of Time, Muller
hypothesizes how time itself might be created or destroyed. Maybe
it’s right. Maybe it’s wrong. But along the way he’s given you a
master class in what time is and how and why we perceive it the way
we do."
*Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and host of Cosmos: A
Spacetime Odyssey*
"A provocative, strongly argued book on the fundamental nature of
time. As an experimental cosmologist who has initiated some of the
most important experiments of our time, Muller knows well where the
limits of science are, and he keeps us interested by his ability to
work close to that edge."
*Lee Smolin, author of Time Reborn*
"The kind of mind-expanding read that will give you something to
think about late at night. Muller's passion for his topic shines
through on every page."
*Dennis Green - The Independent*
"Entertaining and at times refreshingly idiosyncratic…Richard
Muller’s new theory deserves a serious look, and his book presents
important lessons in physics and beyond."
*Martin Bojowald - Physics Today*
"A thoughtful, thought-provoking and accessible book that blends
concepts from relativity, thermodynamics and quantum theory to
elucidate how physics got where it is, and the missteps that might
have led it there."
*Richard Webb - New Scientist*
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