Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman
| Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman |
| Autore | Earman John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1/1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Space and time
General relativity (Physics) Singularities (Mathematics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-45113-0
9786610451135 0-19-534464-2 1-60256-632-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
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| New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman
| Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / / John Earman |
| Autore | Earman John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1/1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Space and time
General relativity (Physics) Singularities (Mathematics) |
| 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 | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784555703321 |
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| New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hume's abject failure [[electronic resource] ] : the argument against miracles / / John Earman
| Hume's abject failure [[electronic resource] ] : the argument against miracles / / John Earman |
| Autore | Earman John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256p.) |
| Disciplina | 212 |
| Soggetto topico |
Miracles
Philosophy & Religion Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-53038-3
9786610530380 0-19-802931-4 1-4294-0472-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451955903321 |
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| New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hume's abject failure [[electronic resource] ] : the argument against miracles / / John Earman
| Hume's abject failure [[electronic resource] ] : the argument against miracles / / John Earman |
| Autore | Earman John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 217 p |
| Disciplina | 212 |
| Soggetto topico | Miracles |
| ISBN |
9780198029311
0198029314 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Hume on miracles -- pt. 2. The documents. |
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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