{"product_id":"the-labyrinth-of-time-introducing-the-universe-9780199217267","title":"The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern physics has revealed a universe that is a much stranger place than we could have imagined, filled with black holes and dark matter and parallel lines meeting in space. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the puzzle at the center of our present understanding of the universe is time.\u003cbr\u003eNow, in \u003cem\u003eThe Labyrinth of Time\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Lockwood takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the nature of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant writer, Lockwood illuminates the philosophical questions about past, present, and future, our experience of time, and the possibility of time travel, in a book that is both challenging and great fun. Indeed, he provides the most careful, lively, and up-to-date introduction to the physics of time and the structure of the universe to be found anywhere in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe guides us step by step through relativity theory and quantum physics, introducing and explaining the ground-breaking ideas of Newton and Boltzmann, Einstein and Schroedinger, Penrose, and Hawking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe zoom in on the behavior of molecules and atoms and pull back to survey the expansion of the universe. We learn about entropy and gravity, black holes and wormholes, how it all began, and where we are all headed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLockwood's aim is not just to boggle the mind but to lead us towards an understanding of science and philosophy. Things will never seem the same again after a voyage through \u003cem\u003eThe Labyrinth of Time\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA model of balance and clarity.\u003cbr\u003e--Paul Davies, \u003cem\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lockwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199217267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lockwood\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Fellow of Green College, at Oxford University, where he has taught philosophy for many years. His books include the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eMind, Brain, and the Quantum\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarendon Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39932121841779,"sku":"0199217262","price":50.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7bf552b1-32f6-449d-953b-e216d902a098.jpg?v=1647790670","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-labyrinth-of-time-introducing-the-universe-9780199217267","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}