The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality
Title:
The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality
JLCTITLE245:
Brian Greene.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Vintage books edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, [2005]
Physical Description:
xii, 569 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780375412882
9780375727207
Abstract:
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? -Publishers information.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-544) and index.
Contents:
pt. 1. Reality's arena -- pt. 2. Time and experience -- pt. 3. Spacetime and cosmology -- pt. 4. Origins and unification -- pt. 5. Reality and imagination.