| A Geeks Guide to Time Travel Contributor(s): Branum, Miles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1171160313 ISBN-13: 9781171160311 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $24.08 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.97 lbs) 242 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This is an exploration of the theory, physics, and philosophical understandings of time travel. Examines the following: Time travel, Time travel in fiction, Self-fulfilling prophecy, Novikov self-consistency principle, Closed time like curve, Chronology protection conjecture, Temporal paradoxes, Ontological paradox, Grandfather paradox, Predestination paradox, Parallel timelines, Multiverse, Parallel universe (fiction), Alternate history, Many-worlds interpretation, Determinism, Fatalism, Eternalism, Predestination, Free will, Self-determination, Godel metric, Tipler cylinder, Traversable wormholes, Kerr metric, Krasnikov tube, and more. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |