Timewarps
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What if time is not the straight, unyielding river we imagine, but a landscape riddled with hidden currents, whirlpools, and shortcuts to the unknown? Timewarps by acclaimed science writer John Gribbin presents a rigorous yet accessible investigation into the nature of time, drawing on cutting-edge theoretical physics to examine the real scientific basis for time travel, black holes, and the warping of spacetime as predicted by Einstein's general relativity. Gribbin chronicles the evolution of our understanding of time — from Newtonian absolutes to the revolutionary relativistic universe — detailing how the fabric of reality itself may bend, loop, and fold in ways that challenge every human intuition about past, present, and future. Gribbin, a prolific and trusted voice in popular science, brings his characteristic clarity and intellectual rigour to one of physics' most mind-bending frontiers, making complex cosmological concepts vivid and immediate for the general reader. Published by the distinguished house of J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, Timewarps stands as a landmark work in science communication, sitting at the thrilling crossroads of hard physics and philosophical wonder. For anyone who has ever stared at the night sky and dared to ask whether the laws of the universe might one day bend to human will — this book will leave that question tantalisingly, gloriously open.
Author: John Gribbin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Science
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What if time is not the straight, unyielding river we imagine, but a landscape riddled with hidden currents, whirlpools, and shortcuts to the unknown? Timewarps by acclaimed science writer John Gribbin presents a rigorous yet accessible investigation into the nature of time, drawing on cutting-edge theoretical physics to examine the real scientific basis for time travel, black holes, and the warping of spacetime as predicted by Einstein's general relativity. Gribbin chronicles the evolution of our understanding of time — from Newtonian absolutes to the revolutionary relativistic universe — detailing how the fabric of reality itself may bend, loop, and fold in ways that challenge every human intuition about past, present, and future. Gribbin, a prolific and trusted voice in popular science, brings his characteristic clarity and intellectual rigour to one of physics' most mind-bending frontiers, making complex cosmological concepts vivid and immediate for the general reader. Published by the distinguished house of J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, Timewarps stands as a landmark work in science communication, sitting at the thrilling crossroads of hard physics and philosophical wonder. For anyone who has ever stared at the night sky and dared to ask whether the laws of the universe might one day bend to human will — this book will leave that question tantalisingly, gloriously open.