Speaker
,Author
Julian Barbour
Independent theoretical physicist working on new ways
of understanding relativity and the foundational issues
of the universe. His books include The End of Time.
Independent theoretical physicist working on new ways
of understanding relativity and the foundational issues
of the universe. His books include The End of Time.
Julian Barbour Videos
Time, Space and Being
Are space and time real?
Cosmology and the big bust
Should we abandon the Big Bang theory?
The Elegant Universe
Is truth always simple?
The Illusion of Now
Is time static or fluid?
The Dance of Time
Is the present an illusion?
Julian Barbour Articles
More Videos
Spacetime and the Structure of Reality
Carlo Rovelli on Loop Quantum Gravity
Is Time Travel Just a Fantasy?
Exploring the outer limits of physics
Gravity minus dark matter
Erik Verlinde offers a new theory of gravitation
Missing Evidence
Does physics still need experiment?
Is Nothing an Illusion?
Explaining everything and Nothing
Gravity
Why is gravity so elusive?
The End of the Theory of Everything
Can we fully describe reality?
Time, Space and Being
Are space and time real?
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
Can science solve metaphysics' riddle?
The Laws of the Universe
Are the laws of nature just human constructs?
Back from the End of Time
Is the passage of time an illusion?
Cosmic Dreams
Forty years on, what questions has String Theory left unanswered?
The Strangeness of Things
Are things a necessary foundation of reality?
Why The World Exists
In Search of Parallel Universes
Big Bang Creation Myths
Is the Big Bang theory mistaken?
The End of All Things
What is reality made of?
Is Reality an Illusion?
Quantum physics, objective and subjective reality
The Dark Universe
Are theories of dark matter and dark energy true?
Why Does Time Fly?
Bernard Carr | Time and consciousness
Quantum Whispers
Is teleportation close to becoming a reality?
Decoding the Universe
Chiara Marletto | Reality as a string of code
The Poetry of the Universe
Sean Carroll | We are made of stories, not atoms
Playing Dice With The Universe
Is the universe really unknowable even to itself?
When Time Stands Still
Is the flow of time an illusion?
How to Find a Multiverse
The Latest Evidence of Parallel Worlds
Time's Arrow
Can physics explain the nature of time?
Bang Goes the Big Bang
Is it possible that the Big Bang is a mistake?
The Next Universe
Roger Penrose's New Story of Existence
After the Higgs Boson
What's next for 21st century physics?
The Universe Code
Is information fundamental?
Into the Unknown
What is the future of space exploration?
The Stuff of the Universe
Is materialism wrong?
Bang Goes Another Theory of the Universe
Are black holes a fantasy?
The Theory of Everything
Are we close to a final theory of the universe?
It's an Immaterial World
Do particles exist?
Pythagoras' Dream
Is reality mathematical?
Beyond the Standard Model
Tevong You | The first new particle after Higgs
Something and Nothing
Is there something rather than nothing?
Life, the Universe and Everything
Is reality beyond reach?
In a Parallel Universe
Are there many worlds?
A Goldilocks World
Is the universe finely tuned for life?
The Mathematics of Thought
How has mathematics changed philosophy?
It's an Immaterial World
Do particles exist?
Wonders of the Big Bang
Reconstructing the first moments of the universe
Uncovering Reality
Physics, truth and metaphor
Masters of the World
Is the universe mathematical?
Stephen Hawking and the Progress of Physics
Understanding the origin of the universe
Conjuring the Universe
The origins of the laws of nature | Peter Atkins
Quantum Effects in Gravity
Chiara Marletto | A new theory in physics
Demons Among Us
Are germs as imaginary as demons?
More Articles
Don't believe the dark matter hype
Hints of a new fundamental force
Is Einstein still right?
The Philosophical Problems of Cosmology
Physics needs an aesthetic revolution
Escaping cosmology’s failing paradigm
Physics forgets we are part of reality
We know how time will end, but not how it started
Reality is just a quantum wave function
The power of the unreal in scientific discovery
Rewriting the history of the Universe
The Beauty of Experiments Matters
The many meanings of Schrödinger's cat
Einstein and why the block universe is a mistake
The most complex thing in the universe
The new threat to the Standard Model
Symmetry is a Guide to Reality
We still don't understand the measurement problem
The Delusions of Cosmology
The multiverse under fire
Lee Smolin: the laws of the universe are changing
Dark Matter Doesn't Exist
The future is radically open
Black holes could challenge Relativity
Consciousness is irrelevant to Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics and our part in creating reality
Quantum Theory and Common Sense: It's Complicated
The Big Bang didn't happen
James Webb images were made to look beautiful
Physics alone can't answer the big questions