TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawking,Stephen
AU  - Penrose,Roger
AU  - Hawking,Stephen
AU  - Penrose,Roger
TI  - The Nature of Space and Time
T2  - Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures
SN  - 9781400834747
AV  - QC173.59.H4 2010 
U1  - 530.11 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Quantum theory
KW  - Space and time
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Classical Theory -- Chapter Two: Structure of Spacetime Singularities -- Chapter Three: Quantum Black Holes -- Chapter Four: Quantum Theory and Spacetime -- Chapter Five: Quantum Cosmology -- Chapter Six: The Twistor View of Spacetime -- Chapter Seven: The Debate -- Afterword to the 2010 Edition: The Debate Continues -- References
N2  - Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? In The Nature of Space and Time, two of the world's most famous physicists-Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time) and Roger Penrose (The Road to Reality)-debate these questions. The authors outline how their positions have further diverged on a number of key issues, including the spatial geometry of the universe, inflationary versus cyclic theories of the cosmos, and the black-hole information-loss paradox. Though much progress has been made, Hawking and Penrose stress that physicists still have further to go in their quest for a quantum theory of gravity
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