The Labyrinth of Time

Introducing the Universe

Michael Lockwood

406 pages, parution le 21/04/2005

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Résumé

A fascinating introduction to time and the universe
For the first time in a popular book, the physics is made comprehensible
Lucid, witty, and compellingly written

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.

Readership: Anybody who wants to explore the foundations of our universe and the nature of time.

L'auteur - Michael Lockwood

Michael Lockwood, Fellow of Green College, Oxford

Sommaire

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 Emergence of Order
From Quantum Leaps to Schrodinger's Cat
Schrodinger's Time Traveller
Space, Time, and Quantum Gravity: Physics at the Frontier
The Time of Our Lives

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Michael Lockwood
Parution	21/04/2005
Nb. de pages	406
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	760g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780199249954
ISBN13	978-0-19-924995-4