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" A user's guide to the universe : "
Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist.
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BL
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982673
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b737043
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| Main Entry
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Goldberg, Dave,1974-
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A user's guide to the universe : : surviving the perils of black holes, time paradoxes, and quantum uncertainty /\ Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist.
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Hoboken, N.J. :: Wiley,, ©2010.
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vii, 296 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0470496517
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: 9780470496510
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index.
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| Contents
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Special relativity -- Quantum weirdness -- Randomness -- The standard model -- Time travel -- The expanding universe -- The big bang -- Extraterrestrials -- The future.
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| Abstract
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Explains string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes and the beginning of time in a conversational, easy-to-understand way and answers enduring questions about life on other planets and breaking the light-speed barrier.
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Physics, Popular works.
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Physics, Popular works.
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Physics.
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Physik-- Allgemeinwissen.
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| Dewey Classification
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530
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QC24.5.G65 2010
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O4-49clc
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Blomquist, Jeff,1984-
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