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The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality
Greene, B. 1963-
Adult Nonfiction QB982 .G74 2004
Greene, B. 1963-
Adult Nonfiction QB982 .G74 2004
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface | p. ix |
| Part I - Reality's Arena | |
| 1. - Roads to Reality: Space, Time, and Why Things Are as They Are | p. 3 |
| 2. - The Universe and the Bucket: Is Space a Human Abstraction or a Physical Entity? | p. 23 |
| 3. - Relativity and the Absolute: Is Spacetime an Einsteinian Abstraction or a Physical Entity? | p. 39 |
| 4. - Entangling Space: What Does It Mean to Be Separate in a Quantum Universe? | p. 77 |
| Part II - Time and Experience | |
| 5. - The Frozen River: Does Time Flow? | p. 127 |
| 6. - Chance and the Arrow: Does Time Have a Direction? | p. 143 |
| 7. - Time and the Quantum: Insights into Time's Nature from the Quantum Realm | p. 177 |
| Part III - Spacetime and Cosmology | |
| 8. - Of Snowflakes and Spacetime: Symmetry and the Evolution of the Cosmos | p. 219 |
| 9. - Vaporizing the Vacuum: Heat, Nothingness, and Unification | p. 251 |
| 10. - Deconstructing the Bang: What Banged? | p. 272 |
| 11. - Quanta in the Sky with Diamonds: Inflation, Quantum Jitters, and the Arrow of Time | p. 304 |
| Part IV - Origins and Unification | |
| 12. - The World on a String: The Fabric According to String Theory | p. 327 |
| 13. - The Universe on a Brane: Speculations on Space and Time in M-Theory | p. 376 |
| Part V - Reality and Imagination | |
| 14. - Up in the Heavens and Down in the Earth: Experimenting with Space and Time | p. 415 |
| 15. - Teleporters and Time Machines: Traveling Through Space and Time | p. 437 |
| 16. - The Future of an Allusion: Prospects for Space and Time | p. 470 |
| Notes | p. 495 |
| Glossary | p. 537 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | p. 543 |
| Index | p. 545 |
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