Nine Musings on Time
eBook - ePub

Nine Musings on Time

Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Truth About Time Travel

  1. 112 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nine Musings on Time

Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Truth About Time Travel

About this book

Time travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible? Surprisingly, time travel is not forbidden by the laws of physics - and John Gribbin argues that if it is not impossible then it must be possible.Gribbin brilliantly illustrates the possibilities of time travel by comparing familiar themes from science fiction with their real-world scientific counterparts, including Einstein's theories of relativity, black holes, quantum physics, and the multiverse, illuminated by examples from the fictional tales of Robert Heinlein, Larry Niven, Carl Sagan and others.The result is an entertaining guide to some deep mysteries of the Universe which may leave you wondering whether time actually passes at all, and if it does, whether we are moving forwards or backwards. A must-read for science fiction fans and anyone intrigued by deep science.

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Information

Publisher
Icon Books
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781785789182
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Table of contents

  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. About the Author
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Epigraph
  9. PREFACE: Musing on the Muses
  10. INTRODUCTION: Time Travel is Not ‘Merely Science Fiction’
  11. FIRST MUSING: Time and Space are Components of a Flexible Spacetime
  12. SECOND MUSING: The Arrow of Time Points, but Does Not Move
  13. THIRD MUSING: Faster Than Light Means Backwards in Time
  14. FOURTH MUSING: Light Can Go Faster Than Light
  15. FIFTH MUSING: Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation
  16. SIXTH MUSING: Time Tunnelling for Beginners
  17. SEVENTH MUSING: Everything That Will Exist Does Exist
  18. EIGHTH MUSING: Travelling Sideways in Time
  19. NINTH MUSING: How to Doctor the Paradoxes
  20. EPILOGUE: Don’t Look Back
  21. Further Reading
  22. Also by John Gribbin
  23. Copyright