Bibliograph

Spooky action at a distance, the phenomenon that reimagines space and time-- and what it means for black holes, the big bang, and theories of everything, George Musser

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Spooky action at a distance, the phenomenon that reimagines space and time-- and what it means for black holes, the big bang, and theories of everything, George Musser

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-273) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spooky action at a distance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907494662

Responsibility statement

George Musser

Sub title

the phenomenon that reimagines space and time-- and what it means for black holes, the big bang, and theories of everything

Summary

"The award-winning journalist and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory presents a tour of modern physics that provocatively examines growing understandings about the near-fantastical impact of particles to affect each other across the vastness of space, "--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Introduction : Einstein's castle in the air -- The many varieties of nonlocality -- The origins of nonlocality -- Einstein's locality -- The great debate -- Nonlocality and the unification of physics -- Spacetime is doomed -- Conclusion : the amplituhedron

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