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The Labyrinth of Time - Introducing the Universe (Hardcover): Michael Lockwood

The Labyrinth of Time - Introducing the Universe (Hardcover)

Michael Lockwood

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Modern physics has revealed the universe as a much stranger place than we could have imagined. The puzzle at the centre of our knowledge of the universe is time. Michael Lockwood takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the nature of things. He investigates philosophical questions about past, present, and future, our experience of time, and the possibility of time travel. And he provides the most careful, lively, and up-to-date introduction to the physics of time and the structure of the universe.He guides us step by step through relativity theory and quantum physics, introducing and explaining the ground-breaking ideas of Newton and Boltzmann, Einstein and Schroedinger, Penrose and Hawking. We zoom in on the behaviour of molecules and atoms, and pull back to survey the expansion of the universe. We learn about entropy and gravity, black holes and wormholes, about how it all began and where we are all headed. Lockwood's aim is not just to boggle the mind but to lead us towards an understanding of the science and philosophy. Things will never seem the same again after a voyage through The Labyrinth of Time.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2005
First published: June 2005
Authors: Michael Lockwood
Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924995-4
Categories: Books > Law > General
Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Time (chronology) > General
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LSN: 0-19-924995-4
Barcode: 9780199249954

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