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