The future of spacetime /
Stephen W. Hawking ... [et al.] ; introduction by Richard Price.
- First edition.
- New York : Norton, c2002.
- 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Originaludgave: 2002 Indhold: Richard Price: Introduction: Welcome to spacetime. Igor Novikov: Can we change the past? Stephen W. Hawking: Chronology protection: Making the world safe for historians. Kip S. Thorne: Spacetime warps and the quantum world: Speculations about the future. Timothy Ferris: On the popularization of science. Alan Lightman: The physicist as novelist
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Welcome to spacetime / Richard Price -- Can we change the past? / Igor Novikov -- Chronology protection: Making the world safe for historians / Stephen W. Hawking -- Spacetime warps and the quantum world: Speculations about the future / Kip S. Thorne -- On the popularization of science / Timothy Ferris -- The physicist as novelist / Alan Lightman.
Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.