Jim Al-Khalili

Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This update of a popular bestseller continues to take you on a journey of our Universe. Eliminating scientific jargon, theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili lays science fiction to rest as he opens up Einstein 's Universe. He gently and light-heartedly leads you through the dizzying world of space and time. Reflecting recent developments in high energy astroparticle physics and big bang cosmology, this second edition includes several updates in the chapters on the Universe, black holes, Einstein, and theoretical physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781439885598
• ISBN-10: 1439885591
• Artikelnr.: 33808965

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.