| Description |
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
DK eyewitness books |
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DK eyewitness books.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| 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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.1 1.0 11070. |
| Subject |
Space and time -- Juvenile literature.
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Space and time.
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Time.
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Time measurements.
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Outer space.
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| Added Author |
Gribbin, Mary.
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| Added Title |
Time and space |
| ISBN |
0789455781 |
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0789461714 pb |
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