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Jim Al-Khalili

Paradox : The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics Paperback Book

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Thrilling time travel concept
Mind-bending paradoxical scenarios
Casual fiction page-turner
Lightweight paperback, easy carry
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Jim AlKhalili is about to untangle the worlds greatest science conundrums...How does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? Why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving?Our subject is perceived paradoxes questions or thoughtexperiments that on first encounter seem impossible to answer, but which science has been able to solve. Our tour of these mindexpanding puzzles will take us through some of the greatest hits of science from Einsteins theories about space and time, to the latest ideas of how the quantum world works. Some of our paradoxes may be familiar, such as Schrdingers famous cat, which is seemingly alive and dead at the same time or the Grandfather Paradox if you travelled back in time and killed your grandfather you would not have been born and would not therefore have killed your grandfather. Other paradoxes will be new to you, but no less bizarre and fascinating.In resolving our paradoxes we will have to travel to the furthest reaches of the Universe and explore the very essence of space and time. Hold on tight.

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Binding: Paperback;304 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: PDZ; Weight: 334 g; Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 20

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