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050		4	_aQB209 _b.N68 2001
082	0	4	_a530.11 _221
100	1		_aNovikov, I. D. _q(Igorʹ Dmitrievich), _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe river of time / _cIgor D. Novikov ; translated from the Russian by Vitaly Kisin.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2001.
300			_a1 online resource (xxiv, 275 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCanto
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aOrigins of thinking about time -- Science of time is born -- Light -- The pace of time can be slowed down! -- Time machine -- Time, space and gravitation -- Holes in space and time -- Energy extracted from black holes -- Towards the sources of the river of time -- Journey to unusual depths -- Grand unification -- Sources -- What produces the flow of time and why in a single direction only? -- Against the flow -- Can we change the past?
520			_aCan we change the past? The surprising answer to this question can be found in the final chapters of this book. Examining the history of the study of time and presenting in detail the modern state of physical research on the subject, this book is a superb overview of a fascinating subject. The figures who have helped to shape our views on time are presented as real people, in the context of their own times and struggles: from Socrates' troubles in Athens, to the experiences of physicists under the former Soviet Union. In addition Novikov details his own experiences with great Russian and Western physicists, such as Sakharov, Zeldovich, Rees and Hawking. Details of modern theories in fields such as the possibility of time machines, anomalous flows of time (at black or white holes) and the possible source of The River of Time are described with authority and clarity.
650		0	_aTime.
650		0	_aTime _xHistory.
650		0	_aTime _xPhilosophy.
700	1		_aKisin, Vitaly, _etranslator.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521008488
830		0	_aCanto.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721755
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