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. I was also the co-editor of the conference proceedings Mach’s Principle: From Newton’s Bucket to Quantum Gravity.
During the last few years, I have collaborated with Niall Ó Murchadha of University College, Cork and several research students—Edward Anderson, Brendan Z. Foster and Bryan Kelleher. I describe our current research programme here. We receive offers of collaboration with interest and can provide some support and supervision to young researchers.
I can be contacted at:
My address is:
College Farm,
South Newington,
Banbury,
Oxon,
OX15 4JG,
UK.
Tel: +44-1295-720492.
Last
update: 22-Jan-2008