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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.11
EAN: 9780691050843
ISBN: 0691050848
Label: Princeton University Press
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 142
Publication Date: October 15, 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Sales Rank: 185725
Studio: Princeton University Press
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Rating:  - Sweet
The complexity of space and time easily transcribed, though a more laymens terms kind of explaination would have been more interesting.
Rating: - Fascinating, yet complex.
I found this to be a fascinating overview of some of the major issues in cosmology from both Hawking and Penroses point of view. What is amazing is the actual level of agreement between the two. Perhaps only the real physicists appreciate the nuances of their differences of opinion.
I would recommend this book for anyone who's gone to the trouble of picking up a basic understanding of relativity ( special and/or general ).
The math is not terrbily daunting in most places ... Read More
Rating: - Requires understanding of physics
To really appreciate this book requires an understanding of physics. Not the superficial stuff where you still believe that Newton was right, but Quantum Mechanics, Topology, and General Relativity.
Rating: - For some guys
The subject and the contents of this book is very interesting. However, you have to know quite a lot mathematics .....
Far above my level!
Rating: - A debate between two strong personalities in physics
The current understanding of the physical structure of the universe is bipolar. There is Einstein's theory of relativity, which explains the macroscopic behavior of the universe to many places to the right of the decimal point. At the other end of the size spectrum, there is the quantum theory of fields, which explains the observed behavior of fundamental particles to many places to the right of the decimal point. Although one should always be very reluctant to state such a position, the resolution ... Read More
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