Build Your Own Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel - Softcover

Brian Clegg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715645188 ISBN 13: 9780715645185

Publisher: Duckworth, 2013

Synopsis

There is no physical law to prevent time travel - nothing in physics to say it is impossible. So who is to say it can't be done? Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg takes inspiration from his childhood heroes, Doctor Who and H. G. Wells, to explain the nature of time. How do we understand it and why measure it the way we do? How did the theories of one man change the way time was perceived by the world? Why wouldn't H. G. Wells's time machine have worked? And what would we need to do to make a real one?

Build Your Own Time Machine explores the amazing possibilities of quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds, neutron star cylinders and wormholes in space. Clegg applies the most famous of Einstein's theories, special and general relativity to explain the real science of time travel and discover whether or not it will ever be possible.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Clegg was born in Lancashire. He read Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and has an MA in Operational Research from Lancaster University. His consultancy advises clients including the BBC, Met Office, Sony and HM Treasury. His books include Gravity (also available from Duckworth), Inflight Science and Infinity. He lives in Swindon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duckworth
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715645188
• ISBN 13: 9780715645185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320