A philosophical perspective to statistical mechanics for graduate students and researchers in the foundations and philosophy of physics.

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The son of a famous writer is caught in a cat-and-mouse game with his late father’s protégé in this “heady postmodern thriller” (Publishers Weekly). Tho

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Does the future exist already? What is space? Are time machines physically possible? What is quantum mechanical reality like? Are there many universes? Is there