Fact or fiction? Real or impossible? Movement through time explored, examined and explained!
Albert Einstein's theory of relativity postulates, and scientists have proven, that the faster you travel, the slower time moves. Clocks on airplanes, satellites and rockets are slower than clocks on Earth, and time travel is indeed real. Can time machines, time-tunnel wormholes or tales of fictional time-traveling heroes be so far-fetched? Covering the history of time travel in both reality and fiction, Time Travel: The Science and Science Fiction investigates the long history, myths, science and stories of movement from the present to the past and into the future.
Timely in its telling, Time Travel chronicles more than 30 instances, accounts, stories and famous examples of time slips, such as ...
The theory of relativity showing the link between time and space
H.G. Wells' epic novel of 1895: The Time Machine
British physicist Stephen Hawking's famous paradoxes surrounding time travel
Charlton Heston's character Taylor in the Planet of the Apes discovering that he is home, 2,000 years in the future
Wormholes, the shortcuts through both space and time
And many more!
The idea of time travel fascinates because it offers the possibility, however remote, of revisiting and recapturing moments from our youth. And if travelers of the future have secretly visited us-well, that proves that our future is secure. Stories of time travel abound in books and film, and it's been a source of endless fascination-and speculation-surrounding UFO sightings and conspiracy theories. This richly researched reference ripples with fascinating information. With more than 120 photos and graphics, this tome is nicely illustrated. Time Travel also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. Time will fly by as you ponder the possibilities. Don't hesitate. There's no time like the present. Get your copy today. The future is waiting!
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction1. Worming around the Universe
2. The Mystery of Black Holes
3. How to Find Time Travelers
4. Time Travel and Pop Culture
5. From Invisibility to Time Leaps
6. Through a Time Tunnel
7. Time Travelers Dressed in Black
8. Cars of the Men in Black
9. Not Quite a DeLorean
10. Prophetic Dreams of a Nightmare Future
11. UFOs from the Future
12. Heading into the Past
13. Remote Viewing Millennia Long Gone
14. Time Traveling to Mars
15. The Roswell Incident and Time Lines
16. Little Green Time Surfers
17. The Mystery of the Missing Thunderbird Photo
18. Doppelgängers and Multiple Futures
19. Disaster in the Skies
20. Mothman and Future Events
21. The Man Who Came in from the Cold
22. Robots from Centuries Ahead
23. A Crop Circle Connection to Time Travel
24. The Dark Side of Moving through Time
25. The Most Famous Time Traveler
26. When Animals Go through Time
27. Some of Them Are Tourists
28. The 11:11 Phenomenon
29. Loch Ness and Time Portals
30. Déjà Vu and the Matrix
31. A Bigfoot Connection
32. ConclusionsFurther Reading
Index
