TY - BOOK ID - 9990453 TI - The Nature of Space and Time AU - Hawking, Stephen, AU - Hawking, Stephen AU - Hazvking, Stephen AU - Penrose, Roger PY - 2010 SN - 069115094X 0691037914 1282569260 9786612569265 1400834740 0691145709 069116844X 9780691037912 9781400834747 6612569263 9780691145709 9780691168449 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Astrophysics. KW - Cosmology. KW - Quantum theory. KW - Space and time. KW - Space and time KW - Quantum theory KW - Astrophysics KW - Cosmology KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Atomic Physics KW - Astronomical physics KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Space of more than three dimensions KW - Space-time KW - Space-time continuum KW - Space-times KW - Spacetime KW - Time and space KW - Astrofysica KW - Astronomische fysica KW - Fysica [Astronomische ] KW - Kosmologie KW - Physics [Astronomical ] KW - Physique astronomique KW - Ruimte en tijd KW - Temps et espace KW - Tijd en ruimte KW - Universe KW - Astronomy KW - Deism KW - Metaphysics KW - Cosmic physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Fourth dimension KW - Infinite KW - Philosophy KW - Space sciences KW - Time KW - Beginning KW - Hyperspace KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Theory of relativity. Unified field theory KW - Espace et temps KW - Théorie quantique KW - Astrophysique KW - Cosmologie KW - Space-time model KW - 2020 Nobel Prize in physics. KW - 2020 Nobel laureates in physics. KW - 2020 Nobel laureates. KW - Albert Einstein. KW - Andrea Ghez. KW - Einstein. KW - Reinhard Genzel. KW - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. KW - Stockholm. KW - black holes. KW - general relativity. KW - general theory of relativity. KW - relativity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9990453 AB - Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? In The Nature of Space and Time, two of the world's most famous physicists-Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time) and Roger Penrose (The Road to Reality)-debate these questions.The authors outline how their positions have further diverged on a number of key issues, including the spatial geometry of the universe, inflationary versus cyclic theories of the cosmos, and the black-hole information-loss paradox. Though much progress has been made, Hawking and Penrose stress that physicists still have further to go in their quest for a quantum theory of gravity. ER -