Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes
- ISBN-10
- 0197729991
- ISBN-13
- 9780197729991
- Category
- General relativity (Physics).
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2023
- Author
- John Earman
Description
Explains the technical issues of general relativity theory and discusses how these issues bear upon philosophical problems about the nature of space and time, causality, and laws of nature. This book provides an overview of the technical literature as well as analytical commentary on its philosophical significance.
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- 1995-11-02
- 272 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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