The Nature of Space and Time / / Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hawking, Stephen,; Penrose, Roger,
• MitwirkendeR: Hawking, Stephen,; Hazvking, Stephen,; Penrose, Roger,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hawking, Stephen.; Penrose, Roger.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]; ©1996
• 出版年: 2010
• 版: With a New afterword by the authors
• 语言: English
• 丛编: Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures ; 100
• 实物描述: 1 online resource (160 p.) :; 75 line illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; CHAPTER ONE. Classical Theory --; CHAPTER Two. Structure of Spacetime Singularities --; CHAPTER THREE. Quantum Black Holes --; CHAPTER FOUR. Quantum Theory and Spacetime --; CHAPTER FIVE. Quantum Cosmology --; CHAPTER SIX. The Twistor View of Spacetime --; CHAPTER SEVEN. The Debate --; AFTERWORD TO THE 2010 EDITION. The Debate Continues --; References
• 总结: Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? In The Nature of Space and Time, two of the world's most famous physicists-Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time) and Roger Penrose (The Road to Reality)-debate these questions.The authors outline how their positions have further diverged on a number of key issues, including the spatial geometry of the universe, inflationary versus cyclic theories of the cosmos, and the black-hole information-loss paradox. Though much progress has been made, Hawking and Penrose stress that physicists still have further to go in their quest for a quantum theory of gravity.
• 格式: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400834747; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400834747
• 访问: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking.

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum th...