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    "To build a Time Machine" by michio kaku is based on a theory of Time Travel. The faster-than-light travel method preferred by most science-fiction writers contradicts the theory. If Time Travel is possible then the laws of causality crumble, says kaku.

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    "To build a Time Machine" by michio kaku is based on a theory of Time Travel. The faster-than-light travel method preferred by most science-fiction writers contradicts the theory. If Time Travel is possible then the laws of causality crumble, says kaku.

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    "To build a Time Machine" by michio kaku is based on a theory of Time Travel. The faster-than-light travel method preferred by most science-fiction writers contradicts the theory. If Time Travel is possible then the laws of causality crumble, says kaku.

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    CriticalContextEssayanalysis,presentationsandapplicationtothestories Usetheseoutlinestoaidyourunderstandingofthecriticalessays.Thenaddyournotesandnotesfrom othermembersofyourgrouptocreateyouroverviewforyourclasspresentation. HavethissheethandyasyoureadeachstoryintheTimesection,lookingforpartsthatapply. ToBuildaTimeMachinebyMichioKaku PointsofViewandPerspectives Einsteinstheoryofspecialrelativity Einsteinstheoryofgeneralrelativity QuantumPhysics StringTheory Thesis Timetravelistheoreticallypossiblethoughprobablynotpracticallyoreconomicallypossibleuntilan arbitraryfuturecivilizationthatcanbuildthemachine.

    chine. Supportingpoints TimeTravel o Thefasterthanlighttravelmethodpreferredbymostsciencefictionwriterscontradicts thespecialtheoryofrelativity o Thegeneraltheoryofrelativitymaypermittimetravel o Quantumtheorytakesoverfromgeneralrelativitytosupportthepossibilityoftime travel. o Hyperspacetheorycansettlethequestion.Becausebothquantumtheoryand Einsteinstheoryofgravityareunitedintendimensionalspace,weexpectthatthe questionoftimetravelwillbesettledecisivelybythehyperspacetheory.(68788) CollapseofCausality o Iftimetravelispossiblethenthelawsofcausalitycrumble.(688) o StephenHawkingbelievesthattimetravelisnotpossiblethethefactthatwehavenot beeninvadedbyhordesoftouristsfromthefuture.(689) TimeParadoxes o Meetingyourparentsbeforeyouareborn o Themanwithnopast(689) Worldlines o Ahumanbeingcanbedefinedasatemporarycollectionofworldlinesofmolecules. Thesewouldlineswerescatteredbeforewewereborn,cametogethertoformour bodies,andwillrescatterafterwedie. o Theworldlineoftheinventoroftimetravelisaclosedloop.Hisworldlinefulfills, ratherthanchanges,thepast. SpoilerofArithmeticandGeneralRelativity o Thissentenceisfalse.Ifthesentenceistrue,thenitfollowsthatitisfalse.Ifthe sentenceisfalse,thenthesentenceistrue.(693)

    Bymakingaroundtriponarocketshipinasufficientlywidecurve,itispossibleinthese [particle]worldstotravelintoaregionofthepast,present,andfuture,andbackagain. (694) LivingintheTwilightZone o TheNUThypothesisthateverywormholesolutiontoEinsteinsequationscouldbe showntoallowsomeformoftimetravel.(695) o EinsteinsequationswerelikeaTrojanhorseinsidelurkallsortsofstrangedemons, whichallowforthepossibilityofinterstellartravelthroughwormholesandtimetravel. (696) ToBuildaTimeMachine o FindasolutiontoEinsteinsequationsinwhichaspacetravelerwouldnotbetornapart bythetidaleffectsoftheintensegravitationalfield.(697) o Provethatitwasscientificallyfeasible,notthatitwaseconomicalorwithinthebounds ofpresentdayearthscience(698) o Thesolutionisthetransversiblewormhole.(698) o TheClosedTimelineCurves(CTCs)thatappearinthewormholeseemtofulfillthepast ratherthanchangeitorinitiatetimeparadoxes.(699) BlueprintforaTimeMachine o Energymustbetemporarilynegativefortimetraveltobesuccessful. o Quantumtheorymakenegativeenergypossible o StringtheoryisafullyquantummechanicaltheorythatincludesEinsteinstheoryof generalrelativityasasubset,socanbeusedtocalculatecorrectiontotheoriginal wormholetheory.Thus,theaveragedweakenergycondition(AWEC)conditionis physicallyrealizable.(701) o

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