How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul Davies
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Author: Paul DaviesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03-25
ISBN: 0142001864
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: A Real-Science Time Travel Plan!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read other books by Paul Davies, and found this one as enlightening, entertaining and challenging as previous ones. This is serious science, not science fiction. Davies outlines in a very readable style, with good diagrams and humorous illustrations, the current thinking in Quantum Physics concerning the concept of time.
He discusses the mechanical and mathematical possibilities of moving between points in times, reflecting on principles and implications in the Theory of Relativity. He discusses worm holes and how to create and control them, using anti-gravity, negative energy and time dilation.
He goes through the known steps necessary to create a time dilation by connecting one point of time in relation to a certain spatial location to different time conditions in another spatial location. This involves, of course, reflections on light speed and the physical and practical limitations involved in the state of the universes as we know it.
This is fascinating reading, with both feet planted firmly on terra firma, but with the mind probing the depths and breadths of existence and possibilities within the laws of physics! Stimulating!
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