How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel

How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel
ISBN-10
0312656882
ISBN-13
9780312656881
Series
How to Build a Time Machine
Category
Science
Pages
307
Language
English
Published
2011-12-06
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Brian Clegg

Description

A pop science tour of time-travel technology profiles the work of Albert Einstein, Ronald Mallett and present-day innovators, providing coverage of such topics as quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds and wormholes to assess the endeavor's plausibility and potential.

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