Black holes, wormholes, and time machines. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jim Al-Khalili.
• Other Names: Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-
• Contents: The 4th dimension. To do with shapes ; What is space? ; 2Dworld and 2D'ers ; Curved space ; Is there really a 4th dimension? -- Matters of some gravity. Apples and moons ; Einstein's gravity ; Free fall ; Rubber space ; Twinkle, twinkle ; Cooking the elements ; Champagne supernova in the sky -- The universe. The night sky ; How big is the Universe? ; The expanding Universe ; Hubble, bubble ... ; Space is stretching ; Did the Big Bang really happen? ; The edge of space ; A closed universe ; An open universe ; What shape is the Universe then? ; Invisible matter ; 1998: a big year in cosmology ; Is the Universe infinite? ; Why is it dark at night? ; Before the Big Bang -- Black holes. More to light than meets the eye! ; Invisible stars ; Beyond the horizon ; A hole that can never be filled ; Spinning black holes ; Falling into a black hole ; To see a black hole ; Not so black after all ; White holes -- Times are changing. What is time? ; Who invented time? ; The first moment ; Does time flow? ; Something called entropy ; Arrows of time ; Stephen Hawking gets it wrong ; A possible solution -- Einstein's time. What is so special about special relativity? ; The two faces of light ; Thought experiments and brain-teasers ; Slowing down time ; Shrinking distances ; Light : the world speed record ; When time runs backwards ; Little green men ; Fast-forward to the future ; Spacetime : the future is out there ; Gravitational times -- Time travel paradoxes. The Terminator paradox ; Trying to save the dinosaurs ; Mona Lisa's sister ; No way out? ; Parallel universes ; Where are all the time travellers? -- Wormholes. A bridge to another world ; Alice through the looking glass ; When science fact met science fiction ; Wormholes : keeping the star gate open ; Visiting a parallel universe -- How to build a time machine. Time loops ; The Tipler time machine ; Cosmic string time machines ; A recipe for a wormhole time machine ; Insurmountable problems? -- What do we know? The mother of all theories ; The end of theoretical physics ; What might new experiments tell us? ; Astronomy versus astrology ; The fascination of space.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 184 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.11; Space and time -- Popular works; Cosmology -- Popular works; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Relativity; Cosmology; Space and time; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439885604; 1439885605
• Related ISBNs: 9781439885598; 1439885591
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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