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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814166403321

Autore

Earman John

Titolo

Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772999-1

1-280-45113-0

9786610451135

0-19-534464-2

1-60256-632-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

530.1/1

Soggetti

Space and time

General relativity (Physics)

Singularities (Mathematics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p228-245. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introducing Spacetime Singularities and Acausalities -- 2. Defining, Characterizing, and Proving the Existence of Spacetime Singularities -- 3. Cosmic Censorship -- 4. Supertasks -- 5. The Big Bang and the Horizon Problem -- 6. Time Travel -- 7. Eternal Recurrence, Cyclic Time, and All That -- 8. Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

Explains the technical issues of general relativity theory and discusses how these issues bear upon philosophical problems about the nature of space and time, causality, and laws of nature. This book provides an overview of the technical literature as well as analytical commentary on its philosophical significance.