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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

When was the beginning of time and space? What is the speed of light? Why do we need to know the time? How is a time machine built? Why is the sky dark at night? What is the fourth dimension? Find out the answers to these and many other questions in this fascinating look at time and space. Superb, full-colour photography of original scientific equipment, experiments, and innovative 3-D models reveals the discoveries and latests research that have transformed our understanding of the Universe.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Space and Time.
-Ideas of the Ancients.
-Made to Measure.
-Exploring the Globe.
-Putting the Earth in Perspective.
-Measuring Time.
-Like Clockwork.
-Biotime.
-Biospace.
-Timescales of History.
-The Shapes of Space and Time.
-Putting the Universe in Order.
-The Ultimate Law of Nature.
-The Ultimate Speed Limit.
-The Marriage of Space and Time.
-Special Theory: Proofs and Tests.
-The Philosophy of Time.
-Beyond Common Sense.
-Getting a Grip on Spacetime.
-General Theory: Proofs and Tests.
-Black Holes and Beyond.
-Across the Universe.
-Across the Universes.
-God's Dice.
-Ultimate Lenght.
-Ultimate Time.
-Strings and Things.
-The Birth of Space and Time.
-How to Build a Time Machine.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

Belonging to the Eyewitness Science series with the number 13, we have here a new example of what the editors can do to put the understanding of the scientific world within reach of the general public. Just like in other books in this series, Time & Space is a visual guide of an incredibly educational value. By using a well known technique, the authors devote two pages to each chapter, reviewing whatever has something to do with space and time by means of very simple, clear texts as well as photographs and drawings especially prepared for each aspect they comment on. Thus we are explained how time is measured, the theory of Relativity, black holes, cosmic strings and a great deal of related questions. The basic idea in this kind of books is that of responding to the basic questions the non-specialists could ask themselves (especially children) when they think of such phenomena, without having to deal with scientific texts that they may not understand. Other titles in this series are devoted to electricity, matter, life, chemistry, etc.