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Can We Travel Through Time?: The 20 Big Questions in Physics [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 208 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 198x128x22 mm, weight: 240 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 25-Oct-2012
  • Leidėjas: Quercus Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1780875894
  • ISBN-13: 9781780875897
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 208 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 198x128x22 mm, weight: 240 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 25-Oct-2012
  • Leidėjas: Quercus Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1780875894
  • ISBN-13: 9781780875897
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Can We Travel Through Time? addresses 20 of the most fundamental and frequently asked questions in physics. What is the God particle? Does chaos theory spell disaster? Am I unique in the universe? What is light? Each 3,000 word essay examines these eternally perplexing questions in a way that is comprehensible to everyone, providing the ultimate guide to understanding the very nature of the world we live in.

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'clearly and concisely encapsulates some of the more interesting conundrums that those not in the know might want to ask those who ought to know ' How It Works Works magazine. * How It Works Works magazine *

Introduction 1(4)
What is the point of physics?
5(12)
Impossible questions, unexpected rewards, and the never-ending quest for understanding
What is time?
17(16)
Progress, disorder and Einstein's elastic clocks
What happened to Schrodinger's cat?
33(14)
Quantum physics and the nature of reality
Why does an apple fall?
47(14)
Gravity, mass and the enigma of relativity
Are solids really solid?
61(14)
Atoms, quarks and solids that slip through your fingers
Why is there no such thing as a free lunch?
75(14)
Energy, entropy and the search for perpetual motion
Is everything ultimately random?
89(14)
Uncertainty, quantum reality and the probable role of statistics
What is the God Particle?
103(14)
The Higgs boson, the LHC and the search for the meaning of mass
Am I unique?
117(14)
The limits of our universe and the search for parallel worlds
Can we travel through time?
131(14)
Where relativity meets science fiction
Is Earth's magnetic shield failing?
145(14)
Drifting poles, the planet's churning core and the threat to life on Earth
Why does E = mc2?
159(14)
The equation that underpins the universe
Can I change the universe with a single glance?
173(14)
Spooky quantum links and the chance to rewrite history
Does chaos theory spell disaster?
187(14)
The butterfly effect's influence on weather, climate and the motions of the planets
What is light?
201(14)
A strange kind of wave, and an even stranger kind of particle
Is string theory really about strings?
215(14)
The vibrations that create our universe
Why is there something rather than nothing?
229(12)
The Big Bang, antimatter and the mystery of our existence
Do we live in a simulation?
241(14)
Human nature, the laws of physics, and the march of technological progress
Which is nature's strongest force?
255(14)
The ties that bind the universe, and their origin in the superforce
What is the true nature of reality?
269(14)
Beyond the quantum world lies the realm of information
Glossary 283(8)
Index 291
Michael Brooks, author of the acclaimed 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, holds a PhD in quantum physics. He is a journalist and broadcaster, and acts as physics and cosmology consultant to New Scientist magazine. He has lectured at Cambridge University, the American Museum of Natural History and New York University, and his writing has appeared in many national newspapers, including the Guardian, the Independent, the Observer and the Times Higher Education. He lives in Lewes, East Sussex.