Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes / John Earman.
Author
- Earman, John [author]
Published
- New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press 1995
Physical description
1 online resource (270 p.)
ISBN
- 1-280-45113-0
- 9786610451135
- 0-19-534464-2
- 1-60256-632-1
Notes
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
- 1. Introducing Spacetime Singularities and Acausalities -- 2. Defining, Characterizing, and Proving the Existence of Spacetime Singularities -- 3. Cosmic Censorship -- 4. Supertasks -- 5. The Big Bang and the Horizon Problem -- 6. Time Travel -- 7. Eternal Recurrence, Cyclic Time, and All That -- 8. Afterword.
Subject
- Space and time.
- General relativity (Physics)
- Singularities (Mathematics)
- Space and time.
- General relativity (Physics)
- Singularities (Mathematics)
- Space and time.
- General relativity (Physics).
- Physics Philosophy.
- Space and time.
- Relativité générale (Physique)
- Singularités (Mathématiques)
- General relativity (Physics)
- Singularities (Mathematics)
- Space and time.
- General relativity (Physics)
- Singularities (Mathematics)
- Space and time
- General relativity (Physics)
- Singularities (Mathematics)
- Singularities (Mathematics)
- Space and time
- General relativity (Physics)
- Space-tim continuum; Physics.
- 33.21 relativity, gravitation.
- Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
- Kausalität
- Philosophie
- Raum-Zeit-Singularität
- Singularität
- Ruimte-tijd-theorie.
- Relativiteitstheorie.
- Espace et temps.
- Relativité générale (physique)
- Singularités (mathématiques)
- Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie.
- Kausalität.
- Philosophie.
- Raum-Zeit-Singularität.
- Singularität (Mathematik)
- SCIENCE Physics Relativity.
- Physics
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Contents
- 4.7 Malament-Hogarth spacetimes and unresolved mathematical conjectures4.8 Can γ[sub(1)] carry out the assigned task; 4.9 Conclusion; Appendix: Proofs of Lemma 4.2 and Equation 4.4; 5. The Big Bang and the Horizon Problem; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Observability and light cones; 5.3 What can we predict about the future; 5.4 Event and particle horizons; 5.5 What is the horizon problem; 5.6 Reichenbach's principle of common cause; 5.7 Particle horizons and common causes; 5.8 Diagnosing the bellyache: Electromagnetism; 5.9 Diagnosing the bellyache: Cosmic background radiation.
Summary
- Explains the technical issues of general relativity theory and discusses how these issues bear upon philosophical problems about the nature of space and time, causality, and laws of nature. This book provides an overview of the technical literature as well as analytical commentary on its philosophical significance.
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