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Time Machines - Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2001) Loot Price: R2,278
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Time Machines - Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2001)

Paul J. Nahin

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An exploration of the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of such physicists as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. This very readable work covers a variety of topics including the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; the speculations of Einstein, Richard Feynman, Kurt Goedel, and others; time travel paradoxes, and much more.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2001
First published: 1999
Authors: Paul J. Nahin
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 628
Edition: 2nd ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-98571-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Time (chronology) > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General
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LSN: 0-387-98571-9
Barcode: 9780387985718

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