Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes

by John Earman

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Almost from its inception, Einstein's general theory of relativity was known to sanction spacetime models harboring singularities. Until the 1960s, however, spacetime singularities were thought to be artifacts of the idealizations of the models. This attitude evaporated in the face of a series of theorems, due largely to Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, which showed that Einstein's general theory implies that singularities can be expected to occur...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019509591X

ISBN13:9780195095913

Release Date:November 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

British & Irish Drama Education & Reference English Literature History & Philosophy Literature Physics Relativity Science Science & Math

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