Time machines : time travel in physics, metaphysics, and science fiction /
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| Author / Creator: | Nahin, Paul J. |
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| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics, c1993. |
| Description: | xvii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1763625 |
| Summary: | Explores the ideas of time travel from the first account in English literature in 1733 to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. Topics include the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; the speculatio |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-402) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0883189356 |