The Nature of Space and Time (eBook)

Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose (Autoren)

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2010
160 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3474-7 (ISBN)

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Stephen Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. Roger Penrose is the Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Oxford.

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From two of the world's great physicists-Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose-a lively debate about the nature of space and timeEinstein 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures
• Reihe/Serie: Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Nachwort: Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose
• Zusatzinfo: 75 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: 2020 Nobel laureates • 2020 Nobel laureates in physics • 2020 Nobel Prize in physics • Albert Einstein • Andrea Ghez • Approximation • asymmetry • Big Bang • Black Hole Information Paradox • Black Holes • Black hole thermodynamics • Calculation • Cauchy horizon • Cauchy surface • Causal structure • Chronology of the universe • conformal field theory • Conformal geometry • Cosmic censorship hypothesis • Cosmic microwave background • cosmological constant • Curvature • Density Matrix • Einstein • Einstein Field Equations • Electromagnetic field • Energy condition • Energy Density • Equation of State • Euclidean quantum gravity • Euclidean space • Euler number (physics) • evaporation • Event horizon • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Feynman diagram • Field (physics) • four-dimensional space • General relativity • general theory of relativity • Geodesics in general relativity • Geodesy • Gravitational collapse • Gravitational Field • Gravitational singularity • Gravitational Wave • Graviton • Gravity • Hubble's law • Imaginary Time • Inflation (cosmology) • Initial singularity • Kerr metric • Measurement • Measurement in quantum mechanics • measurement problem • Minkowski space • Negative frequency • neutron star • No-hair theorem • Particle physics • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • path integral • Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems • Phase space • Photon • Planck length • Planck units • Prediction • Probability • Quantum Cosmology • quantum decoherence • quantum field theory • Quantum fluctuation • Quantum Gravity • quantum mechanics • quantum state • quantum system • Ray (optics) • Reinhard Genzel • Relativity • Riemann sphere • Roger Penrose • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences • Scalar Field • Schwarzschild metric • scientific theory • second law of thermodynamics • Shape of the universe • Spinor • Stephen Hawking • Stockholm • Stress–energy tensor • String Theory • Supergravity • Temperature • Theorem • theoretical physics • theory • Thermal fluctuations • thermal radiation • Thought experiment • Twistor space • Twistor theory • Ultimate fate of the universe • Uncertainty • wave function • Weyl curvature hypothesis • Weyl tensor • white hole • wormhole • Yang–Mills Theory
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3474-0 / 1400834740
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3474-7 / 9781400834747