This book is a treatise on time and on background independence in physics. It first considers how time is conceived of in each accepted paradigm of physics: New

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It is commonly held that there is no place for the 'now’ in physics, and also that the passing of time is something subjective, having to do with the way real

Theoretical physics and foundations of physics have not made much progress in the last few decades. Whether we are talking about unifying general relativity and