Description: The Labyrinth of Time Introducing the Universe by Michael Lockwood Oxford University Press, 2005, 0199249954, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, Fine/Fine condition, no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, like new condition. 405 pages. 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. CONTENTS 1. Two Concepts of Time 2. Time and Space: A Marriage is Arranged 3. Taking Space–Time Seriously 4. From Flat to Curved Space–Time 5. Weaving the Cosmic Tapestry 6. Closed Timelike Curves: Science Fact or Science Fiction? 7. Classical Time Travel: The Toils of Paradox 8. Hamilton's Legacy: Physical Systems and their State Spaces 9. Time Asymmetry and the Second Law 10. Entropy, Electrodynamics, and the Role of Gravity 11. 'Drawn through Life Backwards' 12. The Unyielding Past 13. The Emergence of Order 14. From Quantum Jumps to Schrodinger's Cat 15. Schrodinger's Time-Traveller 16. Space, Time, and Quantum Gravity: Physics at the Frontier 17. The Time of our Lives References Index nthdegree books
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Book Title: Labyrinth of Time : Introducing the Universe
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Michael. Lockwood
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Cosmology, Time
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 27 Oz
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
