Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks : singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes /

Almost from its inception, Einstein's general theory of relativity was known to sanction spacetime models harboring singularities, which involve a breakdown in the very fabric of space and time and, consequently, a failure of the known laws of physics. Until the 1960s, however, spacetime singul...

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Main Author: Earman, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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University of St. Thomas

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University of Minnesota

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Call Number: QC173.59.S65 E15 1995