Description |
307 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
A glittering metal framework -- It's all relative -- Time past -- Time's arrow -- The time travellers' convention -- Back to the future -- Warp factor four -- Entangled web -- Phantoms of time -- Interstellar engineering -- Alice through the wormhole -- The Mallett Machine -- Killing grandfather -- Fact or fiction? |
Summary |
A pop science tour of time-travel technology profiles the work of Albert Einstein, Ronald Mallett and present-day innovators, providing coverage of such topics as quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds and wormholes to assess the endeavor's plausibility and potential. |
Subject |
Time travel.
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Space and time.
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ISBN |
9780312656881 hardback |
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0312656882 hardback |
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