Welcome to Julian Barbour’s web site
This site introduces my work on the foundations of physics and as a
popular-science writer. A non-technical
description of my ideas is available.
Since completion of my PhD in 1968, I have worked outside an academic
environment, though I
have collaborated with several researchers in academia. The picture
above shows me at my home in north Oxfordshire, England. Much of the
work with my collaborators has been done there.
Besides research papers, I have written two books: The Discovery of Dynamics, which investigates the background to Newton’s great discoveries, and The End of Time, which is written for both the general reader and scientists. In it I argue that time is ultimately an illusion.
During the last few years, I have collaborated with Edward Anderson, Brendan Z. Foster, Bryan Kelleher and Niall Ó Murchadha. I describe our current research programme here. We receive offers of collaboration with interest and can provide some support and supervision to young researchers.
News
- Winner of FQXi essay contest on the nature of time
- Perimeter Institute seminars are online
- Killing Time now available on YouTube
- FQXi funding for collaborations on Machian Quantum Gravity
Last
update: 15-April-2009