The labyrinth of time: introducing the universe

by Lockwood, Michael, (Michael John)

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The labyrinth of time : introducing the universe / Michael Lockwood.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007, ©2005.

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Notes

Originally published: 2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (vii, 405 pages : : illustrations)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1345561904
  • LC Classification:QC173.59.S65
  • Dewey Decimal:530.1

Table of Contents

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.

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Subjects

kosmologie Naturphilosophie Space and time Zeit

Writers

Lockwood, Michael, (Michael John)

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