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Zeno's Paradox Unraveling the Ancient Mystery Behind the Science of Space and Time

Paperback • 2008 • English

Zeno's Paradox Unraveling the Ancient Mystery Behind the Science of Space and Time

By Joseph Mazur

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About the book

The fascinating story of an ancient riddle and what it reveals about the nature of time and space Three millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Zeno constructed a series of logical paradoxes to prove that motion is impossible. Today, these paradoxes remain on the cutting edge of our investigations into the fabric of space and time. Zeno's Paradox uses the motion paradox as a jumping-off point for an exploration of the twenty-five-hundred-year quest to uncover the true nature of the universe. Fro...Show more

Classical mechanics
Optical physics
Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism

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ISBN

9780452289178

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Zeno's Paradox Unraveling the Ancient Mystery Behind the Science of Space and Time

Format

Paperback

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