Overview
In Build Your Own Time Machine, acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg takes inspiration from his childhood favourites, Doctor Who and H.G. Wells, to explain the nature of time. He explores the amazing possibilities of quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds, neutron star cylinders and wormholes in space. How did the theories of one man change the way time is perceived? Why wouldn't H.G. Wells's time machine have worked? And what would we need to do to make a real one? 'Clegg's enjoyable exposition of how human time travel might be possible... give[s] some unusually lucid scientific explanations' The Guardian 'Clegg proves himself to be a lucid guide to the often complex science of time travel. His ambitious book covers more or less the whole of twentieth-century physics from relativity to string theory' The Times Literary Supplement
Full Product Details
Author: Brian Clegg
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Imprint: Duckworth
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.238kg
ISBN: 9780715645185
ISBN 10: 0715645188
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 March 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
'Clegg's enjoyable exposition of how human time travel might be possible ... give[s] some unusually lucid scientific explanations' Guardian 'Clegg proves himself to be a lucid guide to the often complex science of time travel. His ambitious book covers more or less the whole of twentieth-century physics from relativity to string theory' Times Literary Supplement 'Brian Clegg conjectures on the totally conjectural world of time and space travel and brings it all beautifully down to earth. Brilliant' Johnny Ball
'Clegg's enjoyable exposition of how human time travel might be possible ... give[s] some unusually lucid scientific explanations' Guardian 'Clegg proves himself to be a lucid guide to the often complex science of time travel. His ambitious book covers more or less the whole of twentieth-century physics from relativity to string theory' TLS 'Brian Clegg conjectures on the totally conjectural world of time and space travel and brings it all beautifully down to earth. Brilliant' Johnny Ball
Author Information
Brian Clegg was born in Lancashire. He read Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and has an MA in Operational Research from Lancaster University. His consultancy advises clients including the BBC, Met Office, Sony and HM Treasury. His books include Gravity (also available from Duckworth), Inflight Science and Infinity. He lives in Swindon.
