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Time Travel: A History

Time Travel: A History
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Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
James Gleick
Publisher:
Vintage
Release Date:
2017
ISBN-10:
080416892X
ISBN-13:
9780804168922

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About Time Travel: A History

A time-jumping, head-tripping odyssey. The Millions A bracing swim in the waters of science, technology and fiction. Washington Post A thrilling journey of ideas. Boston Globe From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the previous century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book and an international sensation: The Time Machine. It was an era when a host of forces was converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological: the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks. James Gleick tracks the evolution of time…

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