On Time: The physics that makes the universe tick
Despite our ever-deepening understanding of the physical universe, we have yet to reach a consensus on the nature of time: does it flow like a river, carrying us along, or does it flow past us? What is the meaning of "now", the ever-shifting boundary between the future and the past? Did time have a beginning and will it have an end? Can it be stretched and squeezed, or even reversed? Some even believe that time is an illusion - a trick of our senses. According to the most fundamental ideas in physics time might even be an emerging concept from something more fundamental, like quantum entanglement. In a lecture based on his new book on time, Jim Al-Khalili will forever change the way you think about the passage of time and your place within it.
Jim Al-Khalili is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Surrey and one of Britain鈥檚 leading science communicators. He has written numerous books that have been translated into twenty-six languages, among them The Joy of Science and The World According to Physics (both 快色直播). A fellow of the Royal Society, he is a regular presenter of TV science documentaries and is best-known in the UK for his long-running BBC Radio program, The Life Scientific.