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The nature of space and time

The nature of space and time

MathematicsPhilosophy
Pages
142
Published
1996
Language
English

Synopsis

This book documents a rare intellectual clash between two leading cosmologists, Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose. Despite both striving to unify general relativity with quantum mechanics, they hold opposing views on the universe's ultimate fate. The text explores how their perspectives on the cosmos diverge and their distinct approaches to comprehending the incomprehensible.

Prose complexity
10/10

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Genres

Mathematics Philosophy Science

Authors

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John Hawkes

John Hawkes is known for his work, "The nature of space and time." His writing offers clear insights into complex scientific and philosophical ideas.

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Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is a British mathematical physicist, mathematician, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Penrose has made contributions to the mathematical physics of general relativity and cosmology. He has received several prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics, which he shared with Stephen Hawking for the Penrose–Hawki...

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Stephen Hawking

A British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Researcher & explorer of black holes and the space-time continum.