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The Janus Point – a New Story of the Destiny of Our Universe

In conversation with David Malone

60 mins watch time

Posted December 2020

Science

Time is perhaps the greatest mystery in physics. One question dominates: if the fundamental laws of physics not distinguish between past and future, why does it only seem to travel forward? A radical new answer has emerged, from former Oxford Professor and author Julian Barbour: time does not flow one way, it flows in two, its currents driven by the expansion of the universe and the growth of order in the galaxies, planets, and life itself.