Eyewitness Science: 13 Time & Space

John Gribbin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

64 Seiten

1994
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7513-1046-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Part of a series that looks at the excitement of scientific discovery. This book explores the different ways time and space have been measured over the centuries and how evolving concepts overturned earlier theories.

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This is one of a series of books that look at the excitement of scientific discovery, bringing to life major breakthroughs in all the fields of science through the eyes of the great scientists. This book explores the different ways time and space have been measured over the centuries and how evolving concepts overturned earlier theories.

Inhalt

Ideas of the Ancients; Measuring time & space; Biotime; Biospace; Timescales of history; The shapes of time and space; Newton; Entropy; The ultimate speed limit; The marriage of time & space; Einstein; Philosophy of time; Spacetime; Black holes; Quantum theory; Big Bang & Big Crunch.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.1994
• Reihe/Serie: Eyewitness Science Guides
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 3 x 6 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 0-7513-1046-8 / 0751310468
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7513-1046-7 / 9780751310467
• Zustand: Neuware