Travels in Four Dimensions

The Enigmas of Space and Time

Robin Le Poidevin

294 pages, parution le 09/04/2003

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Résumé

Does time really flow, or is that simply an illusion? Did time have a beginning? What does it mean to say that time has a direction? Does space have boundaries, or is it infinite? Are our space and time unique, or could there be other, parallel worlds with their own space and time? Do space and time really exist, or are they simply the constructions of our minds?

Robin Le Poidevin provides a clear, witty, and stimulating introduction to these deep questions, and many other mind-boggling puzzles and paradoxes. He gives a vivid sense of the difficulties raised by our ordinary ideas about space and time, but he also gives us the basis to think about these problems independently, avoiding large amounts of jargon and technicality. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required to enjoy this book. The universe might seem very different after reading it.

Readership: Anybody with an interest in the nature of time and the universe.

Contents

The Measure of All Things
Change
A Box with No Sides?
Curves and Dimensions
The Beginning and End of Time
The Edge of Space
Infinity and Paradox
Does Time Pass?
The Cinematic Universe
Interfering with History
Other Times and Spaces
The Arrows of Time

Concluding Thoughts
Mr Dunne's Dream and Other Problems
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

L'auteur - Robin Le Poidevin

Robin Le Poidevin, Professor of Metaphysics, University of Leeds

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Robin Le Poidevin
Parution	09/04/2003
Nb. de pages	294
Format	14 x 21
Couverture	Relié
Poids	411g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198752547
ISBN13	978-0-19-875254-7