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A readable, well illustrated, and often entertaining book surveying the main issues in the controversy over ""time-dilation"" and the ""clock paradox"" in Einstein's theory of relativity.

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""Unusually clear. . . . [Time and the Space-Traveller] treats the twin paradox fairly and broadly, everywhere with good sense and good physics. . . . Enjoyable reading for any one with a taste for physical argument."" (Scientific American) ""I read Time and the Sapce-Traveller with considerable pleasure and am delighted that someone has collected all the material on the clock paradox."" (Isaac Asimov) ""[Time and the Space-Traveller] makes this interesting debate accessible to the nonspecialist."" (Times Literary Supplement) ""A thorough and wide-ranging survey. . . . A pleasure to read."" (Choice)

Unusually clear. . . . [Time and the Space-Traveller] treats the twin paradox fairly and broadly, everywhere with good sense and good physics. . . . Enjoyable reading for any one with a taste for physical argument. * <i>Scientific American</i> * I read Time and the Sapce-Traveller with considerable pleasure and am delighted that someone has collected all the material on the clock paradox. * Isaac Asimov * [Time and the Space-Traveller] makes this interesting debate accessible to the nonspecialist. * <i>Times Literary Supplement</i> * A thorough and wide-ranging survey. . . . A pleasure to read. * <i>Choice</i> *

""Unusually clear. . . . [Time and the Space-Traveller] treats the twin paradox fairly and broadly, everywhere with good sense and good physics. . . . Enjoyable reading for any one with a taste for physical argument."" * <i>Scientific American</i> * ""I read Time and the Sapce-Traveller with considerable pleasure and am delighted that someone has collected all the material on the clock paradox."" * Isaac Asimov * ""[Time and the Space-Traveller] makes this interesting debate accessible to the nonspecialist."" * <i>Times Literary Supplement</i> * ""A thorough and wide-ranging survey. . . . A pleasure to read."" * <i>Choice</i> *

I read Time and the Sapce-Traveller with considerable pleasure and am delighted that someone has collected all the material on the clock paradox. -Isaac Asimov A thorough and wide-ranging survey. . . . A pleasure to read. -Choice [Time and the Space-Traveller] makes this interesting debate accessible to the nonspecialist. -Times Literary Supplement Unusually clear. . . . [Time and the Space-Traveller] treats the twin paradox fairly and broadly, everywhere with good sense and good physics. . . . Enjoyable reading for any one with a taste for physical argument. -Scientific American

Unusually clear. . . . [Time and the Space-Traveller] treats the twin paradox fairly and broadly, everywhere with good sense and good physics. . . . Enjoyable reading for any one with a taste for physical argument. -Scientific American I read Time and the Sapce-Traveller with considerable pleasure and am delighted that someone has collected all the material on the clock paradox. -Isaac Asimov [Time and the Space-Traveller] makes this interesting debate accessible to the nonspecialist. -Times Literary Supplement A thorough and wide-ranging survey. . . . A pleasure to read. -Choice

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L. Mader was Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Southampton.

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