LEADER 02485nam 2200625 450 001 9910784555703321 005 20230421043958.0 010 $a0-19-772999-1 010 $a1-280-45113-0 010 $a9786610451135 010 $a0-19-534464-2 010 $a1-60256-632-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000363294 035 $a(EBL)271045 035 $a(OCoLC)171572808 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108726 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129033 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108726 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036943 035 $a(PQKB)11617886 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4702197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273456 035 $a(OCoLC)969638226 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4702197 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000363294 100 $a20161012h19951995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks $esingularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes /$fJohn Earman 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1995 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-509591-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aExplains 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. 606 $aSpace and time 606 $aGeneral relativity (Physics) 606 $aSingularities (Mathematics) 615 0$aSpace and time. 615 0$aGeneral relativity (Physics) 615 0$aSingularities (Mathematics) 676 $a530.1/1 700 $aEarman$b John$052075 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784555703321 996 $aBangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks$9472674 997 $aUNINA