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Time Travel
A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel
From H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov to Ursula K. Le Guin, time travel has long been a favorite topic and plot device in tales of science fiction and fantasy. But as any true SF fan knows, astounding stories about traversing alternate universes and swimming the tides of time demand plausible science. That's just what Paul J. Nahin's guide provides.
An engineer, physicist, and published science fiction writer, Nahin is uniquely qualified to explain the ins and outs of how to spin such complex theories as worm holes, singularity, and relativity into scientifically sound fiction. First published in 1997, this fast-paced book discusses the common and not-so-common time-travel devices science fiction writers have used over the years, assesses which would theoretically work and which would not, and provides scientific insight inventive authors can use to find their own way forward or backward in time. From hyperspace and faster-than-light travel to causal loops and the uncertainty principle and beyond, Nahin's equation-free romp across time will help writers send their characters to the past or future in an entertaining, logical, and scientific way.
If you ever wanted to set up the latest and greatest grandfather paradox—or just wanted to know if the time-bending events in the latest pulp you read could ever happen—then this book is for you.
An engineer, physicist, and published science fiction writer, Nahin is uniquely qualified to explain the ins and outs of how to spin such complex theories as worm holes, singularity, and relativity into scientifically sound fiction. First published in 1997, this fast-paced book discusses the common and not-so-common time-travel devices science fiction writers have used over the years, assesses which would theoretically work and which would not, and provides scientific insight inventive authors can use to find their own way forward or backward in time. From hyperspace and faster-than-light travel to causal loops and the uncertainty principle and beyond, Nahin's equation-free romp across time will help writers send their characters to the past or future in an entertaining, logical, and scientific way.
If you ever wanted to set up the latest and greatest grandfather paradox—or just wanted to know if the time-bending events in the latest pulp you read could ever happen—then this book is for you.
About the Author
Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Hampshire and the author of several books, including Mrs. Perkin's Electric Quilt and Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics, Chases and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion, and Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age, the last also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews
"An exciting read covering every aspect of time travel."—David Reneke, Australasian Science Magazine
"If you want to get a gut understanding of time's riddles, there is no better book than this. Nahin knows well the dance between science and literature as it illuminates time's mysteries. Don't try to write time travel fiction without him!"—Gregory Benford, author of Timescape
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Paperback / softback | |
February 7, 2011 | |
9781421400822 | |
English | |
224 | |
14 line drawings | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.7 Pounds (US) | |
.7 Pounds (US) | |
$26.95 USD, £20.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Electronic book text | |
April 8, 2011 | |
9781421401201 | |
English | |
224 | |
14 line drawings | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
$26.95 USD, £20.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
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