Inspired at an impressionable age by the work of science fiction writers H.G.Wells and Arthur C Clarke, Paul Davies has thought long and hard about ways to travel in time. Here, the best-selling popular science writer finally reveals how it can be done - without breaking the laws of physics and without causing any earth-shattering paradoxes. Since time is money, time travel is a costly business. But with the help of a handy black hole, or better a wormhole, and a bit of luck, Davies' guide illustrates how this new mode of travel could yet be a viable option. 'An entertaining tour around a fascinating topic, conducted by a world-class physicist' - "Sunday Telegraph".
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"An entertaining tour around a fascinating topic, conducted by a world-class physicist" - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, now based in South Australia. He is the author of some twenty award-winning books, including The Mind of God and The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life.
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Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist at Arizona State University, where he runs the pioneering Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He also chairs the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Post-Detection Taskgroup, so that if SETI succeeds in finding intelligent life, he will be among the first to know. The asteroid 1992OG was officially renamed Pauldavies in his honor. In addition to his many scientific awards, Davies is the recipient of the 1995 Templeton Prize--the world's largest annual prize--for his work on science and religion. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Mind of God, About Time, How to Build a Time Machine, and The Goldilocks Enigma. He lives in Tempe, Arizona.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I highly recommend this book because the content is so interesting and easy to read. The author explains such difficult subject in an easy manner. It's very suitable for those who have little science background.
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This was my first book on relativity and quantum mechanics. I read it in sixth grade, and had no trouble whatsoever understanding it. I have recommended it to many of my friend, all of whom enjoyed it. This book tackles some of the REALLY weird physics, and does it in simple, nonbigwordable way that the layman can understand. No equations, pictures and illistrations instead. A great introduction for the newbie.
-Emmsey Squire
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I recommend this reading because author uses clear and easy language to explain on the subject aimed topic. I Realized, however, that the author did not address the following situation: What would happen if a time traveler found his alter ego of the past?
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wormhole time machine, spacetime foam, traversable wormhole, time travel paradoxes, exotic matter, spinning black holes, spacetime diagram, quantum uncertainty, causal loops, quantum vacuum, time traveller, virtual photons, light barrier, cosmic strings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In an obvious sense we are all time travellers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wormhole time machine, spacetime foam, traversable wormhole, time travel paradoxes, exotic matter, spinning black holes, spacetime diagram, quantum uncertainty, causal loops, quantum vacuum, time traveller, virtual photons, light barrier, cosmic strings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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