In The Physics of Dark Shadows, author Frank Borzellieri reveals for the first time that so many of the bizarre, supposedly supernatural occurrences on Dark Shadows, the gothic soap opera from the 1960's and 70's which featured vampire Barnabas Collins, actually have their bases in scientific reality. The author points out in fascinating detail how time travel in no way defies the laws of physics and is irrefutably proven through Einstein's theories. In fact, not only can time travel actually happen, it already has happened! All of these concepts, including traveling to the past and future, as well as parallel time, have a scientific foundation and are studied vigorously in the world's leading institutions and scientific journals. While the time traveling methods of Dark Shadows characters Professor Stokes, Barnabas Collins, and Julia Hoffman may differ from Einstein's wormholes and light speed, the basic notions are very real. Moreover, the extrasensory perception attributed and utilized by the beautiful witch Angelique and other Dark Shadows characters also has a long and distinguished history of respectable scientific study. Mixing the theories of Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and the world's leading physicists with countless examples from the storylines of Dark Shadows, Frank Borzellieri writes in a manner both scholarly yet enjoyable for the average Dark Shadows fan. The Foreword to The Physics of Dark Shadows has been written by actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, who played Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres on Dark Shadows. This exciting book will reveal the scientific reality of: * Time travel to the past and future * Wormholes and Quentin's staircase * Precognition * Clairvoyance * Telepathy * Seances * Possession * Hauntings Actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, from the Foreword to The Physics of Dark Shadows -- "I had no idea, as Frank Borzellieri points out, that many of the concepts in Dark Shadows have their origins in scientific theories and proposals, and their bases in the laboratory. The fact that time travel and extrasensory perception are largely based on science makes the phenomenon of Dark Shadows all the more remarkable."
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Frank Borzellieri is an American author, professor of journalism, and political columnist and former elected member of a New York City school board. He is a graduate of St. John's University, where he attended on a scholarship. He has been published in major publications such as USA Today, the New York Daily News and Newsday and has been a columnist for the Leader-Observer newspaper chain in New York City. He is the author of "The Unspoken Truth: Race, Culture and Other Taboos", "Don t Take it Personally: Race, Immigration, Crime and Other Heresies" and "Lynched: A Conservative s Life on a New York City School Board." He is also the co-author of "It Happened in New York." He has appeared on many radio shows and television programs including Leeza , Ricki Lake , 20/20 , Geraldo Rivera Live , Fox Sunday Morning, the Jackie Mason Show, Good Morning America, Good Day New York, the Richard Bey Show, and Michael Moore's TV Nation. On radio he has been a frequent guest on the Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Bob Grant, and Curtis Sliwa shows. A sports fanatic, he has appeared many times on the Ann Liguori radio program on WFAN in New York.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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savvy, sage, delightful,
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This review is from: The Physics of Dark Shadows: Time Travel, ESP, and the Laboratory (Paperback)
Frank Borzellieri, writing about difficult and possibly impossible things, has done the nearly impossible: given us a short, savvy, sage, and delightful book about the physics of Dark Shadows. How could I resist this book, combining two of my favorite things - television and time travel. But this little primer does more - it addresses such complex issues as time travel and ESP with both intelligence and humor. Where else can you find a little discussion about Einstein, Godel, and Hawking, with a limerick from J. Richard Gott's book, "There was a young lady called Bright, who could travel faster than light; she set off one day, in a relative way, and returned home the previous night"... Hey, if you want to try a time travel novel, take a look my The Plot to Save Socrates ... if you want to try learning a bit about time travel, take a look at Frank Borzellieri's book...
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This review is from: The Physics of Dark Shadows: Time Travel, ESP, and the Laboratory (Paperback)
Time travel was an essential part of the Dark Shadows storylines. As a child, watching it, I always considered it to be just so much fantasy. However, Frank Borzillieri, in this wonderful book, describes just how these journeys through time are actually possible scientifically. However, lest the potential reader think this is some dry, scientific tome, it is anything but. The author manages to explain the physics of time travel in a very understandable, entertaining way.
I highly recommend the book to anyone who has pondered the exciting idea of traveling through time. The reader need not be a Dark Shadows fan to appreciate it. All one needs is an open, curious mind.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fascinating Little Book for Dark Shadows Fans or Physics Subject Lovers,
This review is from: The Physics of Dark Shadows: Time Travel, ESP, and the Laboratory (Paperback)
This is the fascinating little book that explains how it all works. As a fan you may have watched it all on Dark Shadows....time travel, parallel time. Well Borzellieri does an expert job explaining how it all works, on the show and how it might/does work scientifically in real life, if possible.
It is a fun book that can used for fun intellectual discussion whether at parties or just hanging out. If you are a Dark Shadows fan you MUST add it to your collection. If you are a physics expert or fan you would probably enjoy this one.
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