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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几十个常识性悖论/八卦穿插其中,让人能饶有兴致地跳读完.有些地方太纠缠于无聊的语言折腾,把简单的问题正过来倒过去反复地说,这也许是哲学人士的特色吧.
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评分乘着时光机去旅行 ——《四维旅行》有感 如今科学已经十分发达，人们了解了许许多多的奇异现象背后的秘密，但是贯穿科学史的一个基本问题——时间和空间是什么？至今还未解决，这个暑假我利用时间读了一本有关时间空间...
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