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Paradox : the nine greatest enigmas in physics / Jim Al-Khalili.

Van Pelt Library Q173 .A395 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Miscellanea.
Science.
Genre:
Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:
xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition:
First American edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Broadway Paperbacks, [2012]
Summary:
Quantum physicist Jim Al-Khalili examines nine notable scientific paradoxes and presents possible solutions for them.
Contents:
The game show paradox
Achilles and the tortoise
Olbers' paradox
Maxwell's demon
The pole in the barn paradox
The paradox of the twins
The grandfather paradox
The paradox of Laplace's demon
The paradox of Schrödinger's cat
Fermi's paradox
Remaining questions.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780307986795
0307986799
OCLC:
775415580

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