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Black Holes, Wormholes & Time Machines

By Jim Al-Khalili

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| Paperback | 9780750305600

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Do you know:
what might happen if you fall into a black hole?
that the Universe does not have an edge?
that the reason it gets dark at night is proof of the Big Bang?
that cosmic particles time-travel through the atmosphere defying death?
that our past, present and future might aContinue

Do you know:
what might happen if you fall into a black hole?
that the Universe does not have an edge?
that the reason it gets dark at night is proof of the Big Bang?
that cosmic particles time-travel through the atmosphere defying death?
that our past, present and future might all coexist "out there"?

With two remarkable ideas Albert Einstein revolutionized our view of the Universe. His first was that nothing can travel faster than light - the ultimate speed limit. This simple fact leads to the unavoidable conclusion that space and time must be linked together, forever as Spacetime.

With his second monumental insight Einstein showed how Spacetime is warped and stretched by the gravity of all objects in the Universe and even punctured by black holes. But such possible twisting of Spacetime allowed a magic not even Einstein could have imagined: time-travel.

Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili finally lays science fiction to rest as he opens up Einstein's Universe. Leading us gently and light-heartedly through the dizzying world of our space and time, he ultimately gives us the recipe for a possible time machine, capable of taking us Back to the Future, to Alice's Wonderland or on a trip with the Terminator.

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  • This is by far the best physics book I have read. I now finally understand Einstein's theories and can even start to explain higher dimensional maths using the really good examples given in the book. I highly recommend this to anyone who wishes to understand what those mad physicists are up to.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 288 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0750305606
  • ISBN-13: 9780750305600
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Pub date: Jan 01, 1999
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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