Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction / Edition 2

Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction / Edition 2

by Paul J. Nahin
ISBN-10:
0387985719
ISBN-13:
9780387985718
Pub. Date:
04/20/2001
Publisher:
Springer New York
ISBN-10:
0387985719
ISBN-13:
9780387985718
Pub. Date:
04/20/2001
Publisher:
Springer New York
Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction / Edition 2

Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction / Edition 2

by Paul J. Nahin

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780387985718
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 04/20/2001
Edition description: 2nd ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2001
Pages: 628
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

Table of Contents

Prologue; 1. An Overview of Time Travel; 2. On the Nature of Time, Spacetime, and the Fourth Dimension; 3. The Arrows of Time; 4. Time- Travel Paradoxes and (Some of) Their Explanations; Epilogue; Notes and References; Tech Notes; Glossary of Important Terms and Concepts; Bibliography; Index
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