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    The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!
    The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!
    The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!
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    The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!

    Written by Elizabeth Howell

    Narrated by Lisa Cordileone

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    Travel back in time with Doctor Who, the Terminator, the X-Men, and all your favorite time travelers! Science fiction is the perfect window into the possibilities and perils of time travel. What would happen if you went back in time and killed your own grandparent? If you knew how to stop a presidential assassination, would time travel allow you to make your wish come true? Can we use time travel as a tool to escape the destiny of our future or mistakes of the past? The Science of Time Travel explores time travel through your favorite science-fiction franchises, from the classic time travel paradoxes of Star Trek to the universe-crossing shenanigans of Doctor Who. Discover the real science behind questions such as: Can time travel really erase our past regrets like in A Christmas Carol? Is it worth killing people in the past to prevent a horrible future like in Terminator? What can we learn from living the same day over and over again like in Groundhog Day? Could time travel destroy our right to privacy like in Deja Vu? And so much more! It's time to fire up the DeLorean to 88 mph, jump into the TARDIS hiding in plain sight, or warp space with the USS Enterprise to explore what time travel means for us.

    Editor's Note

    Social ramifications…

    If you spend hours debating the ramifications of choices made in time travel stories, this is definitely the book for you. Science writer Elizabeth Howell delves into the social science aspects of plenty of popular and obscure time travel works, from H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” to “The Terminator” franchise, to show how our morality has shifted through the decades. A fascinating essay collection on an endlessly imaginative subject.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverand Productions
    Release dateJul 6, 2021
    ISBN9781094424910
    Author

    Elizabeth Howell

    Elizabeth Howell, PhD, is a space and science journalist based in Ottawa, Canada. She covered astronaut launches on two continents, pretended to be a Mars astronaut for two weeks, and recently finished a PhD in Aerospace Sciences. Her love of space began in 1996 after she watched the movie Apollo 13 for the first time, but it was Star Trek that got her thinking about the future of space travel and time travel. Read more about her work at elizabethhowell.ca.

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    • 5/5
      Interesting subject and explanstion given and very well narrated indeed
    • 1/5
      Very mediocre writing with woke content overshadowing any interesting discussion about sci-fi.

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    • 5/5
      "This book is supposed to be about time travel, right"? She said towards the end. I nodded. I found the frequent asides about gender, sexual orientation and feminism grated a little. Are not there just two sexes and 50 percent male and 50 percent female?
      But otherwise she was informative when on her subject and writes in an enjoyable style.

      1 person found this helpful