The nature of space and time / Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
The nature of space and time / Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.
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N530.11/90
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English
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viii, 141 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Michael Atiyah -- Ch. 1. Classical Theory / Stephen Hawking -- Ch. 2. Structure of Spacetime Singularities / Roger Penrose -- Ch. 3. Quantum Black Holes / Stephen Hawking -- Ch. 4. Quantum Theory and Spacetime / Roger Penrose -- Ch. 5. Quantum Cosmology / Stephen Hawking -- Ch. 6. The Twi...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1996.
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Why is it that our patch of the universe looks just as Einstein predicted, with no hint of quantum effects in sight? What strange quantum processes can cause black holes to evaporate, and what happens to all the information that they swallow? Why does time go forward, not backward? In this book, the two opponents touch on all these questions. Penro...
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The nature of space and time / Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
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Isaac Newton Institute series of lectures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-141).
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c1996.
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N530.11/90
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0691037914 (cl alk. paper)
9780691037912 (cl : alk. paper)
0691037914 (cl : alk. paper)
9780691037912
0691037914
9780691050843 (pbk.)
0691050848 (pbk.)
9780691037912 (cl alk. paper)
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530.11
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991003493939702626
