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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 ...
The Nature of Space and Time is a book that documents a debate on physics and the philosophy of physics between the British theoretical physicists Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking. The book was published by Princeton University Press in 1996.
- Stephen W. Hawking, Roger Penrose
- 1996
Jul 1, 1996 · The Nature of Space and Time. Two relativists present their distinctive views on the universe, its evolution and the impact of quantum theory. By Stephen W. Hawking & Roger Penrose. NASA...
Jan 1, 2001 · Penrose, playing the realist to Hawking's positivist, thinks that the universe is unbounded and will expand forever. The universe can be understood, he argues, in terms of the geometry of light cones, the compression and distortion of spacetime, and by the use of twistor theory.
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Feb 22, 2021 · The nature of space and time. by. Hawking, Stephen, 1942-. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Space and time, Quantum theory, Astrophysics, Cosmology. Publisher. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press.
Jan 28, 1996 · From two of the world's great physicists―Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose―a lively debate about the nature of space and time. Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
- Stephen W. Hawking, Roger Penrose
Feb 8, 2010 · 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...
