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Travels in Four Dimensions - The Enigmas of Space and Time (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,187
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Travels in Four Dimensions - The Enigmas of Space and Time (Hardcover): Robin Le Poidevin

Travels in Four Dimensions - The Enigmas of Space and Time (Hardcover)

Robin Le Poidevin

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Does time really flow, or is that simply an illusion? Did time have a beginning? What does it mean to say that time has a direction? Does space have boundaries, or is it infinite? Are our space and time unique, or could there be other, parallel worlds with their own space and time? Do space and time really exist, or are they simply the constructions of our minds?

Robin Le Poidevin provides a clear, witty, and stimulating introduction to these deep questions, and many other mind-boggling puzzles and paradoxes. He gives a vivid sense of the difficulties raised by our ordinary ideas about space and time, but he also gives us the basis to think about these problems independently, avoiding large amounts of jargon and technicality. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required to enjoy this book. The universe might seem very different after reading it.

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2003
First published: August 2003
Authors: Robin Le Poidevin
Dimensions: 210 x 141 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-875254-7
Categories: 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 > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Time (chronology) > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
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LSN: 0-19-875254-7
Barcode: 9780198752547

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