Author : David Hatcher Childress
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780932813688
An authoritative chronicling of real-life time travel experiments, teleportation devices and more.
Author : Mark Roland Langdale
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,96 MB
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1788037715
An entertaining book full of humour, science and history Children can learn in a fun way about history with more time travellers than you can throw a Flux-capacitor at! The story starts in a gentlemen’s club in London in 2061 and follows the main character, Benjamin Digby Esq. He relives his days as a ‘quantum’ scientist at the Crick institute in London in 2021 by telling his circle of friends his extraordinary tale about travelling in time. He travels back to the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 Victorian England where he meets Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Benjamin’s aim is to pick up inventors and scientists for his Time Travellers’ Club: Einstein, Da Vinci, Brunel. He gets more than he bargained for when he gets chased through time and space and encounters Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli. There are more twists and turns in this than time itself – expect the unexpected! The Time Travellers Club is Mark’s fourth Matador children’s book, and will appeal to science fiction lovers and fans of his former books
Author : Gordon Volke
Publisher : Top That! Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 2008
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ISBN : 1849563063
Author : Nikk Effingham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0192580051
There are various arguments for the metaphysical impossibility of time travel. Is it impossible because objects could then be in two places at once? Or is it impossible because some objects could bring about their own existence? In this book, Nikk Effingham contends that no such argument is sound and that time travel is metaphysically possible. His main focus is on the Grandfather Paradox: the position that time travel is impossible because someone could not go back in time and kill their own grandfather before he met their grandmother. In such a case, Effingham argues that the time traveller would have the ability to do the impossible (so they could kill their grandfather) even though those impossibilities will never come about (so they won't kill their grandfather). He then explores the ramifications of this view, discussing issues in probability and decision theory. The book ends by laying out the dangers of time travel and why, even though no time machines currently exist, we should pay extra special care ensuring that nothing, no matter how small or microscopic, ever travels in time.
Author : Deborah Brown
Publisher : Going Travelling
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0648393909
A confidence builder for those who want to travel the world.Travel Safe. Travel Smart. Travel Healthy. All the know-how from a travel expert who brings comprehensive, practical information from the decision to go, planning, travelling and returning home and everything in-between. Let's Travel You Happy! Super-informative topics include: - Decide where to go, when and for how long - Savings strategies, budgeting, and planning - Packing to perfection - Passports, Visas, Working holiday - Expert Tips throughout - Inspirational stories and images - Prepare for a happy, healthy, safe journey The ultimate guide to to your destiny of discovering the world. By: Going Travelling? - Travel You Happy
Author : Steve Nallon
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 1804251305
Where are we going? The future, Doc! Great Scott! Not forgetting the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey past. That's right, ticket holders, Destination Time Travel is your journey into the many worlds of the time travel tale – exploring its tropes, its rules, its devices, its science, its values, its plots, its characters and, most importantly, its enduring – and timeless – appeal. Alongside their upcoming film seminar at the British Film Institution in October, join Steve Nallon and Dick Fiddy as they explore the world's obsession with time travel in film and television. From the classics of Doctor Who and Back To The Future to the Netflix hit Dark, Nallon and Fiddy explore just what it is about time travel that makes us tick. This book will be a guaranteed hit with fans of time travel and the different film and television series that Nallon and Fiddy explore. It will also be key to film buffs and those interested in the medium.
Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 32,34 MB
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789292921
This fascinating and up-to-date tour of modern physics examines the mind-blowing possibility of journeying back and forth through time.
Author : Bodil Petersson
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1784915017
This volume explores the relevance of time travel as a characteristic contemporary way to approach the past. Papers explore various types and methods of time travel and seek to prove that time travel is a legitimate and timely object of study and critique because it represents a significant way to bring the past back to life in the present.
Author : Brian Garrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1136792686
Why is there something rather than nothing? Does God exist? Does time flow? What are we? Do we have free will? What is truth? Metaphysics is concerned with ourselves and reality, and the most fundamental questions regarding existence. This clear and accessible introduction covers the central topics in metaphysics in a concise but comprehensive way. Brian Garrett discusses the crucial concepts in a highly readable manner, easing the reader in with a look at some important philosophical problems. He addresses key areas of metaphysics: God Existence Modality Universals and particulars Facts Paradoxes of material constitution Causation Time Free will Personal identity Truth. This second edition has been thoroughly revised. Most chapters include substantial amounts of new material, and there are additional chapters on Existence, Modality, Facts and Paradoxes of Material Constitution. What is this thing called Metaphysics? contains many helpful student-friendly features. Each chapter concludes with a useful summary of the main ideas discussed, a glossary of important terms, study questions, annotated further reading, and a guide to web resources. Text boxes provide bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout.
Author : Matthew Chrisman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1315449749
Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject. Key topics in this new edition and their areas of focus include: Moral philosophy – the nature of our moral judgments and reactions, whether they aim at some objective moral truth, or are mere personal or cultural preferences; and the possibility of moral responsibility given the sorts of things that cause behavior; Political philosophy – fundamental questions about the nature of states and their relationship to the citizens within those states Epistemology – what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we come to have it; and whether we should form beliefs by trusting what other people tell us; Philosophy of mind – what it means for something to have a mind, and how minds should be understood and explained; Philosophy of science – foundational conceptual issues in scientific research and practice, such as whether scientific theories are true; and Metaphysics - fundamental questions about the nature of reality, such as whether we have free will, or whether time travel is possible. This book is designed to be used in conjunction with the free ‘Introduction to Philosophy’ MOOC (massive open online course) created by the University of Edinburgh’s Eidyn research centre, and hosted by the Coursera platform (www.coursera.org/course/introphil).This book is also highly recommended for anyone looking for a short overview of this fascinating discipline.
