Paradox : : the Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
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Includes index.
The game show paradox -- Achilles and the tortoise -- Olbers' paradox -- Maxwell's demon -- The pole in the barn paradox -- The paradox of the twins -- The grandfather paradox -- The paradox of Laplace's demon -- The paradox of Schrödinger's cat -- Fermi's paradox -- Remaining questions.
Quantum physicist Jim Al-Khalili examines nine notable scientific paradoxes and presents possible solutions for them.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Broadway, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xiii, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307986795
0307986799
SUBJECTS
Science -- Miscellanea.