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Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction - Softcover

Nahin, Paul J.

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9781461497288: Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction
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ISBN 10: 1461497280 ISBN 13: 9781461497288
Publisher: Springer, 2014

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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.

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  • PublisherSpringer
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 1461497280
  • ISBN 13 9781461497288
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number2
  • Number of pages628
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