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245 14 $aThe fabric of the cosmos :$bspace, time, and the texture of reality /$cBrian Greene.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2004.
300 $axii, 569 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tReality's Arena -- $g1.$tRoads to Reality -- $g2.$tUniverse and the Bucket -- $g3.$tRelativity and the Absolute -- $g4.$tEntangling Space -- $gPt. II.$tTime and Experience -- $g5.$tFrozen River -- $g6.$tChance and the Arrow -- $g7.$tTime and the Quantum -- $gPt. III.$tSpacetime and Cosmology -- $g8.$tOf Snowflakes and Spacetime -- $g9.$tVaporizing the Vacuum -- $g10.$tDeconstructing the Bang -- $g11.$tQuanta in the Sky with Diamonds -- $gPt. IV.$tOrigins and Unification -- $g12.$tWorld on a String -- $g13.$tUniverse on a Brane -- $gPt. V.$tReality and Imagination -- $g14.$tUp in the Heavens and Down in the Earth -- $g15.$tTeleporters and Time Machines -- $g16.$tFuture of an Allusion.
520 $apt. I. Reality's arena: roads to reality: space, time, and why things are as they are -- The Universe and the bucket: is space a human abstraction or a physical entity? -- Relativity and the absolute: is spacetime an Einsteinian abstraction or a physical entity? -- Entangling space: what does it mean to be separate in a quantum universe? -- pt. II. Time and experience: the Frozen River: does time flow? -- Chance and the arrow: does time have a direction? -- Time and the quantum: insights into time's nature from the quantum realm -- pt. III. Spacetime and cosmology: of snowflakes and spacetime: symmetry and the evolution of the cosmos -- Vaporizing the vacuum: heat, nothingness, and unification -- Deconstructing the Bang: what banged? -- Quanta in the sky with diamonds: inflation, quantum jitters, and the arrow of time -- pt. IV. The world on a string: the fabric according to string theory -- The universe on a brane: speculations on space and time in M-Theory -- pt. V. Reality and imagination: up in the heavens and down in the Earth: experimenting with space and time -- Teleporters and time machines: traveling through space and time -- The future of an allusion: prospects for space and time.
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