Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction
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SFRA REVIEW "Dr. Nahin has done a fine job with this book. [This book] is an excellent synthesis of the current state of the philosophical and physical discussion on time travel. His use of science fiction to illustrate the possibilities of this research make his work very readable for the layperson as well as the scientist. His explanation why H.G. Wells's time machine wouldn't work (it does not move in space) is particularly engaging...[it] is an excellent addition to the discussion of time travel."
NATURE "The research that has gone into this book is impressive. The author has a made a good selection of ideas from the scientific literature on spacetime, causality violation and time-travel paradoxes, and they are presented at a popular level with science-fiction plots running in parallel."
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Suffers from being written by a nonscientist
While Nahin is certainly to be admired for attempting to tackle so great a concept as time travel, one needs to approach his resulting product with great caution.
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 08, 2004 Type: User Review |
Awfully weak
I got the second edition (1999) of this book. I was hoping for something interesting. After all, there was even a forward by none other than Kip Thorne!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 24, 2003 Type: User Review |
Too much compilation, too little synthesis
Mr. Nahin obviously is very interested in the topic of time travel. He has read tons of sci-fi stories, has spoken with many physicists and/or read their books. |
 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 29, 2002 Type: User Review |
A very good discussion of time travel, one error of omission
As I have always been fascinated by the idea of time travel, I very much enjoyed its discussion both in 'strictly scientific' terms and from a philosophical, literary, and, essential, pop-culture perspective. |
 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 28, 2002 Type: User Review |
Messy writing ruins a good reference
I found Paul J. Nahin's Time Machines to be a messy book. I expected to learn all I needed to learn about time and the potential for time machines, but didn't. There is information there, but Mr. Nahin manages to break it and hide it very well....
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