TY - BOOK AU - Earman,John ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks: singularities and acausality in relativistic spacetimes AV - QC173.59.S65 E15 1995eb U1 - 530.1/1 20 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Space and time KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Singularities (Mathematics) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introducing Spacetime Singularities and Acausalities -- 2. Defining, Characterizing, and Proving the Existence of Spacetime Singularities -- 3. Cosmic Censorship -- 4. Supertasks -- 5. The Big Bang and the Horizon Problem -- 6. Time Travel -- 7. Eternal Recurrence, Cyclic Time, and All That -- 8. Afterword; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10142081 ER -