The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics

PART 5

History in the Timeless Universe

If things simply are, how can history be? If quantum cosmology is merely a static mist that enshrouds eternal Platonia, whence the manifest appearance of motion and our conviction history is real? This is the great question. I am not going to give any summary of Part 5: read on, please. The kingfisher just about to set off in flight is a symbol for the task. Explaining how we see it in motion in a timeless world is no more of a problem than explaining why we are convinced that Henry VIII had six wives.