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1、BLACKHOLESWORMHOLES&TIMEMACHINESJIMAL-KHALILIUniversityofSurreyInstituteofPhysicsPublishingBristolandPhiladelphiaBLACKHOLESWORMHOLES&TIMEMACHINESAbouttheAuthorJimAl-Khaliliwasbornin1962andworksasatheoreticalphysicistattheUniversityofSurreyinGuildford.Heisapioneeringpopularizerofs
2、cienceandisdedicatedtoconveyingthewonderofscienceandtodemystifyingitsfrontiersforthegeneralpublic.HeisanactivememberofthePublicAwarenessofNuclearScienceEuropeancommittee.Hiscurrentresearchisintothepropertiesofnewtypesofatomicnucleicontainingneutronhalos.HeobtainedhisPhDintheoreti
3、calnuclearphysicsfromSurreyin1989and,aftertwoyearsatUniversityCollegeLondon,returnedtoSurreyasaResearchFellowbeforebeingappointedlecturerin1992.Hehassincetaughtquantumphysics,relativitytheory,mathematicsandnuclearphysicstoSurreyundergraduates.Heismarriedwithtwoyoungchildrenandliv
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