The labyrinth of time: introducing the universe
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1. Verfasser: Lockwood, Michael, (Michael John) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Two concepts of time -- Time and space: a marriage is arranged -- Taking space-time seriously -- From flat to curved space-time -- Weaving the cosmic tapestry -- Closed timelike curves: science fact or science fiction? -- Classical time travel: the toils of paradox -- Hamilton's legacy: physical systems and their state spaces -- Time asymmetry and the second law -- Entropy, electrodynamics, and the role of gravity -- 'Drawn through life backwards' -- The unyielding past -- The emergency of order -- From quantum jumps to Schrödinger's cat -- Schrödinger's time-traveller -- Space, time, and quantum gravity: physics at the frontier -- The time of our lives
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 405 p.)
ISBN:019153045X
0199249954
9780191530456
9780199249954

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