How to Build a Time Machine [Hardcover]

Paul Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2001

Is time travel possible? According to internationally acclaimed physicist and science writer Paul Davies, the answer is definitely yes. But if we can travel in time, surely we can glimpse the future and act to change it? Or alter the past, creating all sorts of bizarre paradoxes? This hugely entertaining brain-twisting book reveals how it might be done. With his remarkable gift for easy explanation, Paul Davies shows how to use gravity to visit the future and how to warp space to reach the past; and, in a "tour de force", how to build a time machine from a traversable wormhole. This is the ultimate time traveller's companion. Paul Davies expertly and effortlessly explains the mind-boggling physics that makes time travel possible, and more importantly shows how we can make sense of this very possiblity. Might the inconceivable be achievable? Can we break the last cosmic taboo?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An entertaining tour around a fascinating topic, conducted by a world-class physicist" - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, now based in South Australia. He works in the fields of cosmology, gravitation, and quantum field theory, with particular emphasis on black holes and the origin of the universe. 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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Allen Lane (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713995831
• ISBN-13: 978-0713995831
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,902,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read & understand, September 9, 2004

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Olive "olive" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Build a Time Machine (Hardcover)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT book, January 30, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: How to Build a Time Machine (Paperback)

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