About Time (Record no. 10872)
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| fixed length control field | 01402nam a2200181 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2007282189 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780684818221 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 34772889 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC173.59.S65 D37 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.11 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Paul Davies |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | About Time |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Simon & Schuster |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 316 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal. The eternal questions of science and religion were profoundly recast by Einstein's theory of relativity and its implications that time can be warped by motion and gravitation, and that it cannot be meaningfully divided into past, present, and future. In About Time, Paul Davies discusses the big bang theory, chaos theory, and the recent discovery that the universe appears to be younger than some of the objects in it, concluding that Einstein's theory provides only an incomplete understanding of the nature of time. Davies explores unanswered questions such as: * Does the universe have a beginning and an end? * Is the passage of time merely an illusion? * Is it possible to travel backward -- or forward -- in time? About Time weaves physics and metaphysics in a provocative contemplation of time and the universe. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Physical Sciences |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 530.11 DAVI | 50323 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |