The Future of Spacetime (Abridged)

by Richard H. Price Narrated by Jonathan Davis

Overview

Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.

Our minds tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk that line, moving ever further out in discovering the patterns of nature, aimed at readers who share their fascination with the deepest mysteries of the universe.

¿ Richard Price: "An Introduction to Spacetime Physics"
¿ Stephen Hawking: "Chronology Protection"
¿ Igor Novikov: "Can We Change the Past?"
¿ Kip S. Thorne: "Speculations about the Future"
¿ Timothy Ferris: "On the Popularization of Science"
¿ Alan Lightman: "The Physicist as Novelist"

Editorial Reviews

APR/MAY 03 - AudioFile

THE FUTURE OF SPACETIME is a collection of five essays on theoretical astrophysics written by the leading scientific minds of our time. Jonathan Davis reads these essays with clarity and with character, making the stars come into reach. Three of the essays--Stephen W. Hawking's "Chronology Protection," Igor Novikov's "Can We Change the Past?" and Kip S. Thorne's "Speculations About the Future"--are written almost collaboratively, and all three address the subjects of black holes and time-travel. Timothy Ferris's "On the Popularization of Science" and Alan Lightman's "The Physicist as Novelist" address more "down-to-earth," but equally abstract, ideas about the interface of popular culture and theoretical physics. The ideas are challenging, often mind-numbing, and not entirely cohesive. But Davis, a narrator equally adept at reading fiction and science writing, helps make SPACETIME accessible and worthwhile. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172045943
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	05/21/2002
Edition description:	Abridged

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