Time travel in Einstein's universe: the physical possibilities of time travel through time by J. Richard Gott

World renowned astrophysicist J. Richard Gott combines the fantasy of time travel and the scientific probabilities of it in reality. Being that it is human nature and curiosity to want to travel and explore, this book investigates how achievable the science would be under the laws of physics everything must obey. If one compares time travel to Newtons laws, it would be completely implausible. But approaching the science using Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and his fourth-dimension views, time travel could almost be credible. 
 
This book engages its readers with witty humor and clear language anyone could enjoy. It explores all hypotheticals in the scientific, social and moral areas and its harrowing implications if time travel was to be viable. Completing this book can open ones mind to the scientific brilliance of physics and the extraordinary facts behind the sciences used in Sci- fi novels.


Author: J. Richard Gott
Publisher: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2001

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