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" Black holes, wormholes & time machines / "
Jim Al-Khalili.
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BL
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880754
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Al-Khalili, Jim,1962-
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Black holes, wormholes time machines /\ Jim Al-Khalili.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol, UK ;Philadelphia, PA :: Institute of Physics Pub.,, ©1999.
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1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) :: illustrations
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0585267952
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: 1420050737
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: 9780585267951
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: 9781420050738
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0750305606
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0750305606
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9780750305600
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-258) and index.
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| Contents
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The 4th dimension -- Matters of some gravity -- The universe -- Black holes -- Times ar changing -- Einstein's time -- Time travel paradoxes -- Wormholes -- How to build a time machine -- What do we know?
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"Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili finally lays science fiction to rest as he opens up Einstein's Universe. Leading us gently and light-heartedly through the dizzying world of our space and time"--Back cover.
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Space and time.
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SCIENCE-- Physics-- Relativity.
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Space and time.
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530.11
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QC173.59.S65A4 1999eb
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Black holes, wormholes, and time machines
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