Space and time are the most fundamental features of our experience of the world, and yet they are also the most perplexing. Does time really flow, or is that simply an illusion? Did time have a beginning? What does it mean to say that time has a direction? Does space have boundaries, or is it infinite? Is change really possible? Could space and time exist in the absence of any objects or events? Are our space and time unique, or could there be other, parallel worlds with their own space and time? What, in the end, are space and time? Do they really exist, or are they simply the constructions of our minds? Robin Le Poidevin provides a clear, witty, and stimulating introduction to these deep questions, and many other mind-boggling puzzles and paradoxes. He gives a vivid sense of the difficulties raised by our ordinary ideas about space and time, but he also gives us the basis to think about these problems independently, avoiding large amounts of jargon and technicality. His book is an invitation to think philosophically rather than a sustained argument for particular conclusions, but Le Poidevin does advance and defend a number of controversial views. He argues, for example, that time does not actually flow, that it is possible for space and time to be both finite and yet be without boundaries, and that causation is the key to an understanding of one of the deepest mysteries of time: its direction. "Travels in Four Dimensions" draws on a variety of vivid examples and stories from science, history, and literature to bring its questions to life. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required to enjoy this book. The universe might seem very different after reading it.
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幾十個常識性悖論/八卦穿插其中,讓人能饒有興緻地跳讀完.有些地方太糾纏於無聊的語言摺騰,把簡單的問題正過來倒過去反復地說,這也許是哲學人士的特色吧.
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評分這本書的背麵寫著:欣賞本書,不需要具備科學和哲學的專業知識。 全書都圍繞著一個主題,時間和空間到底是什麼。 一開篇就提齣一個有意思的問題:如果宇宙中的每一個物體的運動速度都加快一倍,有意義嗎?這樣一想我纔發現是沒有意義的,因為時間本身不是一個絕對的東西,我們...
圖書標籤: 邏輯 英文原版 科普 物理 四維
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