The Fabric of the Cosmos Episode 2

  

Today on Far Future Horizons it gives us great pleasure to present the second episode, of Dr. Brian Greene’s acclaimed NOVA documentary series "The Fabric of the Cosmos" that explores the nature of time.

The Illusion of Time

Time. We waste it, save it, kill it, make it. The world runs on it. Yet ask physicists what time actually is, and the answer might shock you: They have no idea. Even more surprising, the deep sense we have of time passing from present to past may be nothing more than an illusion. How can our understanding of something so familiar be so wrong?

In search of answers, Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time-travelling adventure, hurtling 50 years into the future before stepping into a wormhole to travel back to the past. Along the way, he will reveal a new way of thinking about time in which moments past, present, and future—from the reign of T. rex to the birth of your great-great-grandchildren—exist all at once. This journey will bring us all the way back to the Big Bang, where physicists think the ultimate secrets of time may be hidden. You’ll never look at your wristwatch the same way again.

Brian Greene’s book Fabric of the Universe and the accompanying NOVA series  on DVD are available from Amazon.com.

The Fabric of the Cosmos - The Illusion of Time 

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