Time : a traveler's guide /
In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Pickover takes readers to the forefront of science as he illuminates the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe - time itself. Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning and an end? What is eternity? Picko...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Summary: | In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Pickover takes readers to the forefront of science as he illuminates the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe - time itself. Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning and an end? What is eternity? Pickover includes numerous diagrams so readers have no trouble following along, computer code that lets us write simulations for various aspects of time travel, and an on-going science fiction tale featuring quirky characters who yearn to travel back in time to hear Chopin play in person. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 285 p. : ill. : 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195120426 (alk. paper) |