Barbour, Julian B.

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BARBOUR, Julian B.

BARBOUR, Julian B. British (born Palestine), b. 1937. Genres: Physics. Career: Independent theoretical physicist and historian of science. Publications: Absolute or Relative Motion? Vol. 1: The Discovery of Dynamics, 1989, repr. as The Discovery of Dynamics, 2001, Vol.2: The Frame of the World, forthcoming; (ed. with H. Pfisher) Mach's Principle: From Newton's Bucket to Quantum Gravity, 1995; The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics, 1999. Address: College Farm, South Newington, Banbury, Oxon. OX15 4JG, England. Online address: [email protected]

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