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Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Earman John Visualizza persona
Titolo: Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina: 530.1/1
Soggetto topico: Space and time
General relativity (Physics)
Singularities (Mathematics)
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-772999-1
1-280-45113-0
9786610451135
0-19-534464-2
1-60256-632-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814166403321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.