Time Machine Tales: The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel

Author:   Paul J. Nahin
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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Pages:   383
Publication Date:   30 December 2016
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Author:   Paul J. Nahin
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   6.555kg
ISBN:  

9783319488622


ISBN 10:   3319488627
Pages:   383
Publication Date:   30 December 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Some First Words.- Introduction.- A Broad Look At Time Travel.- Philosophical Space and Time.- The Physics of Time Travel —Part I.-Philosophers, Physicists, and the Time Travel Paradoxes.- Communication With the Past.- The Physics of Time Travel —Part II.- Epilogue.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- Glossary.- Index. 

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This work is an indispensable study for scholars and fans of time-travel sf, and readers will gain a deeper insight into both the literary history of time travel and the science involved. Literature teachers will also find a plethora of ideas for texts to teach and very insightful discussion and writing prompts at the end of each chapter. Without a doubt, Time Travel Tales is a necessary read in the field of time-travel studies. (James Hamby, Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 45, 2018)


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Paul Nahin was born in California, and did all of his schooling there (Brea-Olinda High 1958, Stanford BS 1962, Caltech MS 1963 and - as a Howard Hughes Staff Doctoral Fellow - UC/Irvine PhD 1972, with all degrees in electrical engineering). He has taught at Harvey Mudd College, the Naval Postgraduate School and the Universities of New Hampshire (where he is now emeritus professor of electrical engineering) and Virginia. Prof. Nahin has published a couple of dozen short science fiction stories in ANALOG, OMNI, and TWILIGHT ZONE magazines, and has written 14 books on mathematics and physics. He has given invited talks on mathematics at Bowdoin College, the Claremont Graduate School, the University of Tennessee and Caltech, has appeared on National Public Radio's ""Science Friday"" show (discussing time travel) as well as on New Hampshire Public Radio's ""The Front Porch"" show (discussing imaginary numbers) and advised Boston's WGBH Public Television's ""Nova"" program on the script for their time travel episode. He gave the invited Sampson Lectures for 2011 in Mathematics at Bates College (Lewiston, Maine).

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