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Hawking, Stephen, 2001- The Universe in a Nutshell

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Opis bibliograficzny

Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell (London: Bantam, 2001), rozdz. „Brane New World”.

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Autor / redaktor: Hawking, Stephen
Tytuł: The Universe in a Nutshell
Identyfikator: hawking-stephen-the-universe-in-a-nutshell
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Contents

Foreword

  1. A Brief History of Relativity
    How Einstein laid the foundations of the two fundamental theories of the twentieth century: general relativity and quantum theory.
  2. The Shape of Time
    Einstein’s general relativity gives time a shape. How this can be reconciled with quantum theory.
  3. The Universe in a Nutshell
    The universe has multiple histories, each of which is determined by a tiny nut.
  4. Predicting the Future
    How the loss of information in black holes may reduce our ability to predict the future.
  5. Protecting the Past
    Is time travel possible? Could an advanced civilization go back and change the past?
  6. Our Future? Star Trek or Not?
    How biological and electronic life will go on developing in complexity at an ever increasing rate.
  7. Brane New World
    Do we live on a brane or are we just holograms?

Glossary

Suggested further readings

Acknowledgments

Index

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