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1、BLACKHOLESWORMHOLES&TIMEMACHINESJIMAL-KHALILIUniversityofSurreyInstituteofPhysicsPublishingBristolandPhiladelphiaBLACKHOLESWORMHOLES&TIMEMACHINESAbouttheAuthorJimAl-Khaliliwasbornin1962andworksasatheoreticalphysicistattheUniversityofSurreyinGuildford.Heisapioneeringpopularizerofscienceandisdedicated
2、toconveyingthewonderofscienceandtodemystifyingitsfrontiersforthegeneralpublic.HeisanactivememberofthePublicAwarenessofNuclearScienceEuropeancommittee.Hiscurrentresearchisintothepropertiesofnewtypesofatomicnucleicontainingneutronhalos.HeobtainedhisPhDintheoreticalnuclearphysicsfromSurreyin1989and,aft
3、ertwoyearsatUniversityCollegeLondon,returnedtoSurreyasaResearchFellowbeforebeingappointedlecturerin1992.Hehassincetaughtquantumphysics,relativitytheory,mathematicsandnuclearphysicstoSurreyundergraduates.HeismarriedwithtwoyoungchildrenandlivesinPortsmouthinHampshire.cIOPPublishingLtd1999Allrightsres
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5、thetermsofitsagreementwithUniversitiesUK(UUK).BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.ISBN0750305606LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataareavailableReprintedwithcorrections2000Reprinted2001(twice),2003ProductionEditor:AlTroyan
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