Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines

ISBN-13: 9781138406216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Jim Al-Khalili

Opis

Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines, Second Edition captures the new ideas and discoveries made in physics since the publication of the best-selling first edition.

Spis treści

SPACE: The 4th Dimension. Matters of Some Gravity. The Universe. Black Holes. TIME: Times Are Changing. Einstein's Time. Time Travel Paradoxes. TIME MACHINES: Wormholes. How to Build a Time Machine. What Do We Know? Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.

O autorze

Jim Al-Khalili is a professor of physics at the University of Surrey. While still an active researcher in theoretical physics, Dr. Al-Khalili has become a well-known science communicator in the UK, with regular appearances on television and radio science documentaries. He was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for science communication in 2007 and the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal in 2011. He became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to science in 2008.