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The nature of space and time

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. On this issue, two of the world's famous physicists - Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose - disagree. Here, they explain their positions in a work based on six lectures with a final debate.
Print Book, English, 2000
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, 2000
viii, 141 p. ; 24 cm.
9780691050843, 9780691037912, 0691050848, 0691037914
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  • Classical Theory (Hawking)
  • Structure of Spacetime Singularities (Penrose)
  • Quantum Black Holes (Hawking)
  • Quantum Theory and Spacetime (Penrose)
  • Quantum Cosmology (Hawking)
  • The Twistor View of Spacetime (Penrose)
  • The Debate (Hawking and Penrose)