On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jesse Mazer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aside from quotes already mentioned, if you want to educate yourself on > the subject you might try reading the book Bruno mentioned, Pale Yourgrau's > "Einstein and Gödel" which recounts the extensive discussions Einstein had > with Gödel on the subject of block time. > >> Minor correction: I just looked it up, the book is actually "Gödel Meets Einstein", it can be found here (used copies are available cheap): http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Meets-Einstein-Travel-Universe/dp/0812694082 Yourgrau also wrote another book on the same subject, "A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein": http://www.amazon.com/World-Without-Time-Forgotten-Einstein/dp/0465092942/ Incidentally, here's another quote by Einstein where he clearly rejects the idea of any objective global "present moment", from p. 45 of the book at http://books.google.com/books?id=0mc4BKpAyr0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA45 -- "We shall now inquire into the definitive insights that physics owes to the special theory of relativity. (1) There is no such thing as simultaneity of distant events" Jesse -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
