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A user's guide to the universe : surviving the perils of black holes, time paradoxes, and quantum uncertainty  Cover Image Book Book

A user's guide to the universe : surviving the perils of black holes, time paradoxes, and quantum uncertainty / Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist.

Goldberg, Dave, 1974- (Author). Blomquist, Jeff, 1984- (Added Author).

Summary:

Explains string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes and the beginning of time in a conversational, easy-to-understand way and answers enduring questions about life on other planets and breaking the light-speed barrier.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780470496510 (acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 0470496517 (acid-free paper)
  • Physical Description: vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Special relativity -- Quantum weirdness -- Randomness -- The standard model -- Time travel -- The expanding universe -- The big bang -- Extraterrestrials -- The future.
Subject: Physics > Popular works.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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