This Book Warps Space And Time

Author : Norman Sperling
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740798545
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Book Warps Space and Time written by Norman Sperling and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal of Irreproducible Results is the funniest thing to happen to science since Archimedes ran naked through the streets of Syracuse." --Discover Science humor magazine The Journal of Irreproducible Results has targeted "hypocrisy, arrogance, and ostentatious sesquipedalian circumlocution" since 1955. JIR editor Norman Sperling presents humorous and quirky tidbits relating to science, math, academia, bureaucracy, and witty word play. More than 250 entries ponder and pun the practical and peculiar. Consider OSHA's definition of the word "exit" as compared to Merriam Webster's: OSHA states, "Exit is the portion of a means of egress which is separated from all other spaces of the building or structure by construction or equipment as required in this subpart to provide a protected way to travel to exit discharge." Webster's defines "exit" as, "A way out of an enclosed place or space." If you've ever questioned the warning label on your hand drill that reads, "This product is not intended for use as a dental drill," or wonder what the "punishable by law" penalty is for snipping off that warning label on your pillow or mattress, then this book is for you.

Author : Allen Everett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226224988
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Travel and Warp Drives written by Allen Everett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the current understanding of the nature of time and space, and an approachable explanation of Einstein's theory of special relativity; then goes on to connect these to possible time travel along with the accompanying paradoxes involved.

Author : Kip S Thorne
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393312768
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Holes and Time Warps written by Kip S Thorne and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Rhorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking.

Author : Jenny Randles
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780425187371
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Storms written by Jenny Randles and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading expert in unexplained phenomena presents a groundbreaking study that takes readers into the very real world of temporal physics and time travel, supported by human experience, scientific data, and documented cases.

Author : Kurt Fischer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319005871
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relativity for Everyone written by Kurt Fischer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the theory of special and general relativity in detail, without digressions such as information on Einstein's life or the historical background. However, complicated calculations are replaced with figures and thought experiments, the text being formulated in such a way that the reader will be able to understand the gist intuitively. The first part of the book focuses on the essentials of special relativity. Explanations are provided of the famous equivalence between mass and energy and of why Einstein was able to use the theory of electrodynamics as a template for his "electrodynamics of moving bodies", simply because besides the speed of light, the electric charge itself is also absolute, leading to the relativity of other physical quantities. General relativity is then introduced, mainly with the help of thought experiments. Reference is made to the previously introduced special relativity and the equivalence principle and, using many figures, it is explained how space-time is bending under gravity. The climax of the book comes with the Einstein equations of gravity that describe the way in which matter bends space-time. The reader is shown how to obtain the famous Schwarzschild solution. There follows a numerically correct and yet intuitive explanation of the classic effects such as light bending or the movement of the perihelion. The book concludes by explaining the Friedmann model of the big bang and why the theory of gravity does not fit with quantum theory.

Author : Michio Kaku
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198785038
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hyperspace written by Michio Kaku and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued in new covers, this is the run-away bestseller from one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Michio Kaku takes us on a tour of the most exciting work in modern physics, including research into the 10th dimension, time warps, and multiple universes, to outline what may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything.

Author : Stephen Hawking
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393324464
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Spacetime written by Stephen Hawking and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.

Author : Robert M. Wald
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226870281
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space, Time, and Gravity written by Robert M. Wald and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing for the general reader or student, Wald has completely revised and updated this highly regarded work to include recent developments in black hole physics and cosmology. Nature called the first edition "a very readable and accurate account of modern relativity physics for the layman within the unavoidable constraint of almost no mathematics. . . . A well written, entertaining and authoritative book."

Author : Chris Ferrie
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492670227
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book General Relativity for Babies written by Chris Ferrie and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Chris Ferrie's ABCs of Science, Organic Chemistry for Babies, and Quantum Physics for Babies will love this introduction to Einstein's most famous theory! Help your future genius become the smartest baby in the room! It only takes a small spark to ignite a child's mind. Written by an expert, General Relativity for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction to Einstein's most famous theory. Babies (and grownups!) will learn all about black holes, gravitational waves, and more. With a tongue-in-cheek approach that adults will love, this installment of the Baby University board book series is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to even the youngest scientists. After all, it's never too early to become a quantum physicist! If you're looking for books similar to Baby Loves Science by Ruth Spiro, quantum information for babies, or infant science books, look no further! General Relativity for Babies offers fun early learning for your little quantum physicist!

Author : Megan Burke
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452962138
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Time Warps written by Megan Burke and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inquiry into the phenomenology of “woman” based in the relationship between lived time and sexual violence Feminist phenomenologists have long understood a woman’s life as inhibited, confined, and constrained by sexual violence. In this important inquiry, author Megan Burke both builds and expands on this legacy by examining the production of normative womanhood through racist tropes and colonial domination. Ultimately, Burke charts a new feminist phenomenology based in the relationship between lived time and sexual violence. By focusing on time instead of space, When Time Warps places sexualized racism at the center of the way “woman” is lived. Burke transports questions of time and gender outside the realm of the historical, making provocative new insights into how gendered individuals live time, and how their temporal existence is changed through particular experiences. Providing a potent reexamination of the theory of Simone de Beauvoir—while also bringing to the fore important women of color theorists and engaging in the temporal aspects of #MeToo—When Time Warps makes a necessary, lasting contribution to our understanding of gender, race, and sexual violence.