{"id":151713,"date":"2022-12-02T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/julian-barbour-on-the-janus-point-a-new-theory-of-time-closer-to-truth-chats"},"modified":"2022-12-02T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:24:09","slug":"julian-barbour-on-the-janus-point-a-new-theory-of-time-closer-to-truth-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/julian-barbour-on-the-janus-point-a-new-theory-of-time-closer-to-truth-chats","title":{"rendered":"Julian Barbour on \u201cThe Janus Point: A New Theory of Time\u201d | Closer To Truth Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMD8B7VRX0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Physicist Julian Barbour discusses his newest book, \u201cThe Janus Point: A New Theory of Time.\u201d In it, Barbour makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time \u2014 and shapes the destiny of the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Read \u201cThe Janus Point\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/julian-barbour\/the-janus-point\/9780465095469\/\">https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/julian-barbour\/the-janus-point\/9780465095469\/<\/a><br \/> Julian Barbour\u2019s Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.platonia.com\/\">http:\/\/www.platonia.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julian Barbour is a physicist with research interests in quantum gravity and the history of science. Since receiving his PhD degree on the foundations of Albert Einstein\u2019s general theory of relativity at the University of Cologne in 1968, Barbour has supported himself and his family without an academic position, as an author and translator.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more Closer To Truth interviews with Julian Barbour: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eIW96E\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eIW96E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/closertotruth.com\">closertotruth.com<\/a> for subscriber-only exclusives: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GXmFsP\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GXmFsP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closer to Truth presents the world\u2019s greatest thinkers exploring humanity\u2019s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/julian-barbour-on-the-janus-point-a-new-theory-of-time-closer-to-truth-chats\">Continue reading \u201cJulian Barbour on \u201cThe Janus Point: A New Theory of Time\u201d | Closer To Truth Chats\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physicist Julian Barbour discusses his newest book, \u201cThe Janus Point: A New Theory of Time.\u201d In it, Barbour makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time \u2014 and shapes the destiny of the universe. Read \u201cThe Janus Point\u201d: https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/julian-barbour\/the-janus-point\/9780465095469\/ Julian Barbour\u2019s Website: http:\/\/www.platonia.com\/ Julian Barbour is a physicist with [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}