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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428436717 Title: A user's guide to the universe : surviving the perils of black holes, time paradoxes, and quantum uncertainty Author: Dave Goldberg; Jeff Blomquist Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2010. ISBN/ISSN: 9780470496510 0470496517 OCLC:428436717

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A user's guide to the universe : surviving the perils of black holes, time paradoxes, and quantum uncertainty

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A user's guide to the universe : surviving the perils of black holes, time paradoxes, and quantum uncertainty

Author:	Dave Goldberg; Jeff Blomquist
Publisher:	Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2010.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Explains string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes and the beginning of time in a conversational, easy-to-understand way and answers enduring questions about life on other planets and breaking the light-speed barrier.
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Subjects	Physics -- Popular works. Physics. Physik -- Allgemeinwissen.
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Genre/Form:	Popular works
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Dave Goldberg; Jeff Blomquist Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780470496510 0470496517
OCLC Number:	428436717
Description:	vii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	Special relativity -- Quantum weirdness -- Randomness -- The standard model -- Time travel -- The expanding universe -- The big bang -- Extraterrestrials -- The future.
Responsibility:	Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist.

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Explains string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes and the beginning of time in a conversational, easy-to-understand way and answers enduring questions about life on other planets and breaking the light-speed barrier.

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