The Future of Spacetime

The Future of Spacetime
by Stephen William Hawking, Kip S. Thorne, Igor Novikov, Timothy Ferris

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Author: Igor Novikov, Kip S. Thorne, Stephen William Hawking, Timothy Ferris
Editor: Alan Lightman
Introduction: Richard H. Price
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06
ISBN: 039332446X
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Book Review: The State of Real Time Travel
Summary: 4 Stars

A series of essays on the concept of Time in current Theoretical Physics. The papers were presented in 2000 following a tradition within the community of Physics. These topics honor Kip Thorne on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Thorne has investigated the possibility of actual time travel in current concept of Spacetime.

Igor Novikov provides arguments for the possibility of travel to the past, but concludes that it is impossible to change the past, which has already happened, including any effects of a future person traveling back into time. Stephen Hawking argues that travel in time, in the science fiction concept, is impossible, likely violating the laws of physics as we understand them now.

Contributors discuss the latest knowledge on black holes and singularities. This volume was enjoyable as a view of Physics enjoying itself, taking its possibilities seriously, while enjoying the adventure along the way. Insights from Quantum Physics contribute to our possibilities in the macro world.

Timothy Ferris explores the factors involved in the popularization of science. He provides some shocking statistics about the general ignorance of the American public about science and our knowledge of the universe. Alan Lightman takes us into the world of writing to compare the insights and themes of science fiction and physics.

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Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.

Our minds tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk that line, moving ever further out in discovering the patterns of nature, aimed at readers who share their fascination with the deepest mysteries of the universe.
? Richard Price: "An Introduction to Spacetime Physics"
? Stephen Hawking: "Chronology Protection"
? Igor Novikov: "Can We Change the Past?"
? Kip S. Thorne: "Speculations about the Future"
? Timothy Ferris: "On the Popularization of Science"
? Alan Lightman: "The Physicist as Novelist"

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