Summary
Human beings have a strong desire to travel through time. Although scientists are not yet taking out patents on a time machine, they are investigating whether it is possible under the laws of physics. In Newton’s three-dimensional world this would have been inconceivable. But with Einstein’s theory of relativity a fourth dimension time enters the frame. Is it really inconceivable that we can travel along the timeline?
In this book Richard Gott offers an intellectually expansive, witty…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753813492 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753813491 |
| Author: | Richard Gott |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2003 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Richard Gott
Richard Gott is Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University and has written on time travel and other subjects for Time, Scientific American, New Scientist and Nature. He is one of the world’s experts on parallel universes, string theories and cosmic origins.
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