Time & space
Titre:
Time & space
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Sommaire:
Discover ideas about the Universe from the flat Earth to black holes.
EBSP_VARIANT_TITLE:
Time and space
Date de publication comme intervalle:
1994
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Description matérielle:
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Note générale:
Includes index.
Table des matières:
Space and time -- Ideas of the ancients -- Made to measure -- Exploring the globe -- Putting the Earth in perspective -- Measuring time -- Like clockwork -- Biotime -- Biospace -- Timescales of history -- The shapes of space and time -- Putting the Universe in order -- The ultimate law of nature -- The ultimate speed limit -- The marriage of space and time -- Special theory, proofs and tests -- The philosophy of time -- Beyond common sense -- Getting a grip on spacetime -- General theory, proofs and tests -- Black holes and beyond -- Across the Universe -- Across the universes -- God's dice -- Ultimate length -- Ultimate time -- Strings and things -- The birth of space and time -- How to build a time machine.
Informations sur le programme:
Reading Counts! 7.5 8.0
Terme de vedette-matière:
Vedette secondaire auteur:
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780789467157
Informations de publication:
London ; New York : DK Pub., c1994.
