Includes index.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-521-29151-8 Pbk , \2.95.

The structure of space and time lies at the very foundation of both physical science and our perceptual experience of the world. They are concepts so fundamental that in every-day life we do not question their properties. Yet modern science has discovered situations in which space and time can change their character so drastically that remarkable and unexpected phenomena occur. here is an engaging account, enjoyable to read and enlivened by informal diagrams, of some of the most intriguing advances in modern science. Thus Dr. Davies provides a relatively easy way to learn new physics, including advanced material usually omitted from all but the most specialist mathematical treatment. Difficult concepts are explained in the earlier chapters, so paving the way to understand he later advanced work. The book will appeal to undergraduate scientists and non-scientists at universities, to established scientists requiring an easy review of modern developments, as well as to any reader with a scientific or philosophical bent. -- From Back Cover.

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