Now : the physics of time / Richard A. Muller.
Now : the physics of time / Richard A. Muller.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2017/4416
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: Amazing time. The entangled enigma ; Einstein's childhood regression ; The leaping now ; Contradictions and paradoxes ; Lightspeed limit, lightspeed loophole ; Imaginary time ; To infinity and beyond -- Part II: Broken arrow. An arrow of confusion ; Demystifying entropy ; Mystifying entropy...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"A monumental work on the flow of time, from the universe's creation to "Now," by the best-selling author of Physics for Future Presidents. "Now" is a simple concept--you're reading this sentence now. Yet a real definition of "now" has eluded even the great Einstein. We know that time stretches and is affected by gravity and velocity. Yet, as emine...
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Now : the physics of time / Richard A. Muller.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2017/4416
Record Identifier
74VKVXBxjVlg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXBxjVlg
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ISBN
9780393285239
DDC
530.11
MMS ID
991024119919202626
