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Sto caricando le informazioni... Breaking the Time Barrier: The Race to Build the First Time Machinedi Jenny Randles
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Science writer Randles's contention that there is a "race" to build a time machine, and that this race will soon be won, flies in the face of a statement by professional physicists Allen Everett and Thomas Roman (_Time Travel and Warp Drives_, 2012) that research on time travel has slackened off since the late 1900s and that final answers may have to await a theory of quantum gravity. Along with several vignettes that seem daft or scarcely relevant, Randles covers many of the same personalities and ideas discussed in Everett/Roman and in another recent book by Brian Clegg (_How To Build a Time Machine_, 2011), but generally in a too-simple, insufficiently detailed, and mischaracterization-riddled way. The book has some nice passages about some of the finest achievements in 20th century physics and at it's best moments can serve as a short introduction to some of the major theories in modern physics. However, author's desire to show everything as a major breakthrough towards enabling time travel remains unconvincing. The book lacks depth for it to be read as a guide to modern physics, and the author seems inconsistent even about what she means by proper time travel. It's mostly a mish-mash of all kind of modern physics theories, mixed with bold assurances by the author that these have sparked a 'race to build a working time machine'. I was not convinced. Ja tõlge eesti keelde on nigel. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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With more than a million and a half copies of her books in print, Jenny Randles has become one of the most respected writers on the paranormal of all time. The subject of her latest book, however, while once considered the province of the paranormal, has very recently become something much more: a science. BREAKING THE TIME BARRIER takes readers right into the labs that are working to prove that time travel is no fantasy. The quest for a time machine is an old one, and Randles' narrative takes readers back to the surprising efforts of Edison, Tesla and Marconi to achieve what was once considered impossible. Not until much later would developments in relativity, quantum mechanics and optical computers turn skeptics like Stephen Hawking into tentative believers. The result has been an explosion in scientific work and theory that can only be called incredible: altering the speed of light, replaying the energy of past events, alternative realities, and more. As scientists across the globe dabble in these and other tantalizing notions, the possibility of a real time machine grows stronger every day. Including thought-provoking speculations on what such developments would mean for our everyday lives, BREAKING THE TIME BARRIER is as bewitching as it is authoritative and deeply researched - a book that takes readers to the outer limits of a power that will change humanity forever. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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