Time Machine Tales
Title | Time Machine Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Paul J. Nahin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2016-12-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319488643 |
This book contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel. The emphasis of this book is now on the philosophical and on science fiction, rather than on physics, as in the author's earlier books on the subject. In that spirit there are, for example, no Tech Notes filled with algebra, integrals, and differential equations, as there are in the first and second editions of TIME MACHINES. Writing about time travel is, today, a respectable business. It hasn’t always been so. After all, time travel, prima facie, appears to violate a fundamental law of nature; every effect has a cause, with the cause occurring before the effect. Time travel to the past, however, seems to allow, indeed to demand, backwards causation, with an effect (the time traveler emerging into the past as he exits from his time machine) occurring before its cause (the time traveler pushing the start button on his machine’s control panel to start his trip backward through time). Time Machine Tales includes new discussions of the advances by physicists and philosophers that have appeared since the publication of TIME MACHINES in 1999, examples of which are the chapters on time travel paradoxes. Those chapters have been brought up-to-date with the latest philosophical thinking on the paradoxes.
Destination Time Travel
Title | Destination Time Travel PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Nallon |
Publisher | Luath Press Ltd |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2023-10-23 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1804251305 |
Where are we going? The future, Doc! Great Scott! Not forgetting the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey past. That's right, ticket holders, Destination Time Travel is your journey into the many worlds of the time travel tale – exploring its tropes, its rules, its devices, its science, its values, its plots, its characters and, most importantly, its enduring – and timeless – appeal. Alongside their upcoming film seminar at the British Film Institution in October, join Steve Nallon and Dick Fiddy as they explore the world's obsession with time travel in film and television. From the classics of Doctor Who and Back To The Future to the Netflix hit Dark, Nallon and Fiddy explore just what it is about time travel that makes us tick. This book will be a guaranteed hit with fans of time travel and the different film and television series that Nallon and Fiddy explore. It will also be key to film buffs and those interested in the medium.
Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction
Title | Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Allen A. Debus |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786426721 |
"This literary survey examines how paleoliterature originated, developed and matured from its inception to the present day. It follows trends on the crafting of classic dinosaurs, investigating the figurative and metaphoric meaning of fictional dinosaursand related prehistoria. An appendix provides brief summaries of deserving dinosaur texts, organized alphabetically by author. "--Provided by publisher.
Boys' Life
Title | Boys' Life PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 76 |
Release | 1968-02 |
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Boys' Life
Title | Boys' Life PDF eBook |
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Pages | 72 |
Release | 1969-02 |
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Boys' Life
Title | Boys' Life PDF eBook |
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Pages | 100 |
Release | 1967-12 |
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1
Title | Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1 PDF eBook |
Author | R. Reginald |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 802 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0941028755 |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.