| Variant title |
Time and space |
| Portion of title |
Eyewitness time & space |
| Portion of title |
Eyewitness time and space |
| Series |
DK eyewitness books ; 81
DK eyewitness books 81. ^A689301
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| Contents |
Space and time -- Ideas of the ancients -- Made to measure -- Exploring the globe -- Putting the earth in perspective -- Measuring time -- Like clockwork -- Biotime -- Biospace -- Timescales of history -- Shapes of space and time -- Putting the Universe in order -- Ultimate law of nature -- Ultimate speed limit -- marriage of space and time -- Special theory : proofs and tests -- Philosophy of time -- Beyond common sense -- Getting a grip on spacetime -- General theory: proofs and tests -- Black holes and beyond -- Across the Universe -- Across the Universes --God's dice -- Ultimate length -- Ultimate time -- Strings and things -- Birth of space and time -- How to build a time machine. |
| Abstract |
From the flat Earth to the all-encompassing black holes, novas to dark stars, Gribbin and DK bring young readers into the fascinating twilight zone of time and space. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 00503617 |
| ISBN | 0789455781 |
| ISBN | 9780789455789 |
| ISBN | 0789461714 (pb) |
| ISBN | 9780789461711 (pb) |
