Quantum Physicist Takes Aim at the Universe's Mysterious Arrow of Time

August 31, 2026 Universe Today

Quantum Physicist Takes Aim at the Universe's Mysterious Arrow of Time
By Alan Boyle (https://ift.tt/3JiAxeE)

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili is the author of "On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick." (Credits: Clockwork photo adapted from Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / Dülmen, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Uhrwerk -- 2019 -- 3054. Al-Khalili image: Princeton University Press. Created under CC BY-SA 4.0 license)

Scientists and philosophers have argued over the nature of time since … well, since time immemorial. Is time real, or is it a convenient illusion? Why does time seem to flow in just one direction? In a new book called “On Time,” British physicist Jim Al-Khalili lays out what he thinks is the answer to such questions.

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