Time Machines

Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction

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Paul J. Nahin

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Paperback / softback

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This book explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. This very readable work covers a variety of topics including: the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; the speculations of Einstein, Richard Feynman, Kurt Goedel, and others; time travel paradoxes, and much more.

Release date Australia

January 16th, 2014

Author

Paul J. Nahin

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Edition

2nd ed.. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1999

Illustrations

XXXIV, 628 p.

Pages

628

Dimensions

155x235x34

ISBN-13

9780387952222

Product ID

12342038

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