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    gbv_663268346
    Format: XI, 268 S. , Ill., graph. Darst. , 24 cm
    ISBN: 022604548X , 9780226045481 , 0226224988 , 9780226224985
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Time, clocks, and reference frames -- Lorentz transformations and special relativity -- The light cone -- Forward time travel and the twin "paradox" -- "Forward, into the past" -- The arrow of time -- General relativity: curved space and warped time -- Wormholes and warp bubbles: beating the light barrier and possible -- Time machines -- Banana peels and parallel worlds -- "Don't be so negative": exotic matter -- "To boldly go . . ."? -- Cylinders and strings -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Derivation of the Galilean velocity transformation -- Appendix 2. Derivation of the Lorentz transformations -- Appendix 3. Proof of the invariance of the spacetime interval -- Appendix 4. Argument to show the orientation of the axes relative to the axes -- Appendix 5. Time dilation via light clocks -- Appendix 6. Hawking's theorem -- Appendix 7. Light pipe in the Mallett time machine.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Physics
    RVK:
    Keywords: Relativitätstheorie ; Raum ; Zeit
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