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Explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne & Igor Novikov. Covers a variety of topics including the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime & the fourth dimension; the speculations of Einstein, Richard Feynman, Kurt Goedel & others; time travel paradoxes & much more.Nahin, Paul J. is the author of 'Time Machines : Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics and Science Fiction', published 2001 under ISBN 9780387952222 and ISBN 0387952225.
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