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000452699 1001_ $$aAl-Khalili, Jim,$$d1962-
000452699 24510 $$aBlack holes, wormholes, and time machines$$h[electronic resource] /$$cJim Al-Khalili.
000452699 250__ $$a2nd ed.
000452699 260__ $$aBoca Raton :$$bTaylor & Francis,$$c2012.
000452699 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxii, 178 p.) :$$bill.
000452699 500__ $$a"A CRC title."
000452699 5050_ $$aThe 4th dimension. To do with shapes ; What is space? ; 2Dworld and 2D'ers ; Curved space ; Is there really a 4th dimension? -- Matters of some gravity. Apples and moons ; Einstein's gravity ; Free fall ; Rubber space ; Twinkle, twinkle ; Cooking the elements ; Champagne supernova in the sky -- The universe. The night sky ; How big is the Universe? ; The expanding Universe ; Hubble, bubble ... ; Space is stretching ; Did the Big Bang really happen? ; The edge of space ; A closed universe ; An open universe ; What shape is the Universe then? ; Invisible matter ; 1998: a big year in cosmology ; Is the Universe infinite? ; Why is it dark at night? ; Before the Big Bang -- Black holes. More to light than meets the eye! ; Invisible stars ; Beyond the horizon ; A hole that can never be filled ; Spinning black holes ; Falling into a black hole ; To see a black hole ; Not so black after all ; White holes -- Times are changing. What is time? ; Who invented time? ; The first moment ; Does time flow? ; Something called entropy ; Arrows of time ; Stephen Hawking gets it wrong ; A possible solution -- Einstein's time. What is so special about special relativity? ; The two faces of light ; Thought experiments and brain-teasers ; Slowing down time ; Shrinking distances ; Light : the world speed record ; When time runs backwards ; Little green men ; Fast-forward to the future ; Spacetime : the future is out there ; Gravitational times -- Time travel paradoxes.The Terminator paradox ; Trying to save the dinosaurs ; Mona Lisa's sister ; No way out? ; Parallel universes ; Where are all the time travellers? -- Wormholes. A bridge to another world ; Alice through the looking glass ; When science fact met science fiction ; Wormholes : keeping the star gate open ; Visiting a parallel universe -- How to build a time machine. Time loops ; The Tipler time machine ; Cosmic string time machines ; A recipe for a wormhole time machine ; Insurmountable problems? -- What do we know? The mother of all theories ; The end of theoretical physics ; What might new experiments tell us? ; Astronomy versus astrology ; The fascination of space.
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000452699 520__ $$aMakes the ideas and theories of modern physics easily understood by anyone, from researchers to students to general science enthusiasts. Taking you on a journey through space and time, author Jim Al-Khalili covers some of the most fascinating topics in physics today, including space warps, the Big Bang, time travel, and parallel universes. Professor Al-Khalili explains often complex scientific concepts in simple, nontechnical terms and imparts an appreciation of the cosmos, helping you see how time traveling may not be so far-fetched after all. -- Back Cover
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000452699 650_0 $$aSpace and time$$vPopular works.
000452699 650_0 $$aCosmology$$vPopular works.
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