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Sketchy
I had hoped this would be an affordable substitute for Birrell and Davies.Unfortunately, it is no substitute.The presentation is very sketchy and abstract.If you are into algebraic QFT and that sort of stuff then maybe you will like this book more than I did.

Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics (Chicago Lectures in Physics)
I ordered this physics book for my brother. He informed me that he received it and was apparently very happy with it. This is all I can say relative to this purchase. ... Read more

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The year is 2979, and Earth is in a golden age. Wars, famine, racism, and crime, are a thing of the past. Man has learned to live in peace and harmony and work together as one, sharing all their resources and technology. On the backside of the moon, a vast array of radio and mirror telescopes probe into the depth of space, shielded from the radio transmissions of Earth. But now, a super massive roving black hole (which is REAL) is now threatening this peaceful coexistence, preparing to obliterate the entire Solar System along with the human race, and there is no known technology to divert its course.Is this the end of humanity, or can a way be found to alter its course?Get a copy of the exciting book now! Special Note: If you love surfing the net for info on technology, you'll 'Click Yourself To Bliss'. ENJOY! ... Read more

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HORRIBLE
Full of bad dialogue, spelling & grammar errors, interspersed by descriptions of technical items reminiscent of Asian computer hardware manuals. ... Read more

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A mysterious package leads 10-year-old Justin Hart to the amazing laboratory of world-famous astrophysicist Dr. Frederick Von Fritz, who has just completed a fantastic invention – the Black Hole Traveler – Revision 5 (BHT5). The BHT5 has the power to create a black hole that can transport people to any point in the past.

When Dr. Von Fritz is trapped in time, Justin must embark upon an incredible rescue adventure through the centuries. In his quest to rescue his friend, the young adventurer faces Nazi storm troopers, sword-wielding sultans, ferocious lions and Biblical giants. Through these incredible time adventures, Justin finds the courage to face his own past and the bullies of his present. ... Read more

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Remo Rydel, an Aussie spacetug captain, thought he had troubles enough already. His gorgeous wife, Kalpurna, was dying, sealed unconscious in a med capsule that was nearly at the end of its capacity to keep her alive. The nearest human hospital was a light year away. There wasn't much more that could go wrong, was there? -- Or so he thought, until he stumbled on the BLACK HOLE PLANET. ... Read more

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Jack was at first a bit troubled when his father discovered a black hole to an alternate universe at the bottom of their garden. But since his relocation (together with his sister, mad aunt, punk grandmother and genius father) to another planet, he's become quite happy. Until now! ... Read more

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If the near-future implications of the Dominium are correct, then there is reason for all people on all corners of the globe to be concerned, to read this book, and to act quickly to stop the start-up of the machine called LHC.This work combines hard science with the warnings of apocalypse.Whether this is the most revolutionary bit of hard science since Einstein or an ingenious piece of science-fiction, the Dominium is a must-read.The science is presented in a formal manner and backed up by a tight bibliography.The warnings of doom are tied to current actual scientific exploration and human frailties.The result is chilling and provocative.The portions of the book relating to pure science take a fresh approach to an age old problem: where did the Universe come from and where is it going.Instead of treading of the path of Einstein (which has yielded many theories, yet none that are without unexplained anomalies and dead-ends), the Dominium starts with a clean slate and asks a single provocative question: "What if matter and antimatter repel one another?"From that one kernel grows a model that is seemingly without anomaly, dead-end, or contrary physical evidence.The model paints the sequence of events from the Big Bang that created our Universe through to the conditions that will result in a Big Bang that will end our Universe and start the whole process anew.If we truly are on the edge of a precipice, may God save us all from ourselves. ... Read more

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Recently, analogies between laboratory physics (e.g. quantum optics and condensed matter) and gravitational/cosmological phenomena such as black holes have attracted an increasing interest. This book contains a series of selected lectures devoted to this new and rapidly developing field. Various analogies connecting (apparently) different areas in physics are presented in order to bridge the gap between them and to provide an alternative point of view.

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TWO TALES OF JOURNEYS BEYOND THE BOUNDERIES OF SPACE AND TIME ...At the end of the twenty-first century, scientists, with the United Nations Space Agency, operating expeditions into unexplored territories on Mars, Stumble upon a mysterious metallic sphere, with a pulsating vibration.At a United Nations Space Agency laboratory leading scientists carry out experiments on the object.A flickering laser, which they fire at the sphere, triggers it to unlock and reveal its forces, by the manipulation of gravitational forces, are suspending a black hole.An accident occurs, and the scientists enter it, and travel out beyond the boundaries of space and time.In Beyond Space and Time an entity, taking the form of a life form, travels from beyond the realms of space and time, on a voyage to the far reaches of the universe, and, on its exploration of the galaxy, crashes into the Earth.Millions of years later, archaeologists discover it, in its form of spacecraft, concealed in a cave, below the ruins of a castle, over a sea cliff, in Cornwall.A vital control gets damaged, sending it hurtling into space, and it plunges into the stars, with them trapped on board, trying in vain to repair it.In the depths of the universe they encounter weird life forms; including one that has the dimensions of a small galaxy, which floats in a deep void, stretching thousands of light years of space, formed out of masses of energy, left from the big bang.It travels endlessly on, into the depths of the universe, to where it came from, beyond the universe. ... Read more

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Review by: Ryan Waldman on Nov. 01, 2010 :
I found this overall pretty powerful & AWESOME!

This is sci-fi storytelling at its best!

Review by: Catherine Torrington on Nov. 01, 2010 :
Has you reading every page!
It goes beyond the universe!

Review by: Robert Sorenson on Nov. 01, 2010 :
It balances the wonders of space & time with a stimulating & thought-provoking dynamic adventure plot - featuring vibrant characters ...

Review by: David Roach on Nov. 01, 2010 :
Both tales have interesting character developments ... With 2 mind bending voyages beyond the cosmic bubble ...

Review by: Maxine Mendelson on Nov. 01, 2010 :
If you are a fan of good top sci-fi books with new and original sci-fi narrative this is for you. I couldn't put it down.

Review by: Rhona Macdougall on Nov. 01, 2010 :
Has two complementing stories, making it an amazing read, with concluding climaxes.

Review by: Richard Landula on Nov. 01, 2010 :
This book is a quick read, with great new glimpses at the universe from a new wonderful perspective!

Review by: William Byfield on Nov. 01, 2010 :
This book is well written, and both tales explore space and time, and the concept of universes beyond this one ...

Review by: A G Byars on Nov. 01, 2010 :
I highly enjoyed reading this. So, I rate the book at a very good 5.

Review by: T Roberts on Oct. 28, 2010 :
Two unique action sci-fi adventures, with exclusively new & developed layouts & plots!
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Time travel has been a common feature in popular science fiction, but with today's understanding of black holes, it could possibly be a reality. Many astrophysicists believe black holes can function as tunnels leading to other times and other places and that they contain the key to the Big Bang. In this enthralling book John Gribbin lucidly explains such theories and guides us through a still emerging cosmos of neutron and X ray stars, white dwarfs, quasars, and pulsars.

"Fascinating."--Hans Christian von Beyer, The New York Times Book Review ... Read more

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Well written
I purchased this book at a book sale for $1 and it was well worth it. I like the style of Gribbin's writing. He basically took some heavy material and wrote it in laymen's terms, so that anyone can read it. Some of the physics is terribly out of date, the cosmological constant and the fate of the universe are the two biggest that come to mind. But I think that the book was published in the early nineties so that is forgivable.

I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone interested in these topics, it was a fun physics read.

A Thinking Person's Book
This book really got my mind thinking of the possibilities of the future.It showed the evolution of thinking.Things that are possible now that only visionaries saw in the past.

the break down of Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes, Space Time, Hyperspace and the ideas of warping time and space are truly interesting.The book illustrations helped to understand some of the text.This book also showed how Einstein was a generation ahead of his time.People are still proving and using his theories.

An excellent book, highly recommended for anyone interested in the universe or the posibility of time travel.The mathematical theories that prove the possibility of a time machine are interesting also.Give this a read, and decide for yourself.Is it possible?Will it be possible?Has it already been done?Fact based information is presented with no tilt toward the science fiction.A good read, even if I had to read some of it a second time to make sure I followed, Gribbin brought these theories to a level a person of average intelligence can understand as I am far from a genious.

Excellent, readable book
I don't know how many books have been written on the subject of black holes, but this is a great one to start with. Gribbin is a great writer--he has an excellent command of writing science in a clear way that makes you want to keep reading to see what he'll say next. I found the abstract descriptions of spacetime in the later chapters a little hard to read, but otherwise I highly recommend the book.

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Another good book on black holes is Kip S. Thorne, "Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy," but that one is much denser (no pun intended) and somewhat more technical.

More a history lesson than anything...
But there's nothing wrong with history, is there? Most of the book covers the mathematical and physical explorations of thinkers from the Greek age through the 20th century, but only conceptually--not mathematically. For those who want an introduction to the myriad theories of how the universe was created, how it might be destroyed, and why there may be an infinite quantity of universes in existence, this is a good book to pick up. But for those of a more math-oriented disposition looking for something with immense detail and depth, you may want to look elsehwere. This one covers the basics, and covers them well.

One of Gribbin's best
As usual, John Gribbin tackles a complex subject in an easy-to-read style. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about this subject. =) ... Read more

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This book presents a series of delightful interviews in which natural objects such as an electron, a black hole, a galaxy, and even the vacuum itself, reveal their innermost secrets - not only what they are but also how they feel. A hydrogen atom tells us about quantum mechanics and why we live in a non-deterministic world; a black hole explains curved space and naked singularities; and a uranium atom talks of its life on a meteor, its tremendous collision with Earth, and properties of radioactivity - all while grappling with its own mortality. A neutron star gives a personal account of its creation and goes on to discuss quasars and other extraordinary astronomical objects, while an iron atom describes its birth in a remote supernova explosion and its series of adventures on Earth, from its early use in wrought iron processes to its time in a human body, and then to its latest misadventures.

The book discusses many fundamental issues in physics and, at times, examines the philosophical and moral issues of society. For example, the interview with the quark reveals the nature of color gauge symmetry, which is interwoven with a discussion on truth and beauty, and shows how these concepts play an integral part in physics and nature, while the uranium atom expresses its horror of the development and use of the atomic bomb. ... Read more

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This timely review provides a self-contained introduction to the mathematical theory of stationary black holes and a self-consistent exposition of the corresponding uniqueness theorems. The opening chapters examine the general properties of space-times admitting Killing fields and derive the Kerr-Newman metric. Heusler emphasizes the general features of stationary black holes, the laws of black hole mechanics, and the geometrical concepts behind them. Tracing the steps toward the proof of the "no-hair" theorem, he illustrates the methods used by Israel, the divergence formulas derived by Carter, Robinson and others, and finally the sigma model identities and the positive mass theorem. The book also includes an extension of the electro-vacuum uniqueness theorem to self-gravitating scalar fields and harmonic mappings.A rigorous textbook for graduate students in physics and mathematics, this volume offers an invaluable, up-to-date reference for researchers in mathematical physics, general relativity and astrophysics. ... Read more