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Do you know:
What might happen if you fall into a black hole?
That the Universe does not have an edge?
That the reason it gets dark at night is proof of the Big Bang?
That cosmic particles time-travel through the atmosphere defying death?
That our past, present and future might all coexist "out there"?
With two remarkable ideas, Albert Einstein revolutionized our view of the Universe. His first was that nothing can travel faster than light-the ultimate speed limit. This simple fact leads to the unavoidable conclusion that space and time must be linked together forever as Spacetime. With his second monumental insight, Einstein showed how Spacetime is warped and stretched by the gravity of all objects in the Universe and even punctured by black holes. But such possible twisting of Spacetime allowed a magic not even Einstein could have imagined: time-travel.
Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili finally lays science fiction to rest as he opens up Einstein's Universe. Leading us gently and light-heartedly through the dizzying world of our space and time, he even gives us the recipe for a time machine, capable of taking us Back to the Future, to Alice's Wonderland, or on a trip with the Terminator.
With two remarkable ideas, Albert Einstein revolutionized our view of the Universe. His first was that nothing can travel faster than light-the ultimate speed limit. This simple fact leads to the unavoidable conclusion that space and time must be linked together forever as Spacetime. With his second monumental insight, Einstein showed how Spacetime is warped and stretched by the gravity of all objects in the Universe and even punctured by black holes. But such possible twisting of Spacetime allowed a magic not even Einstein could have imagined: time-travel.
Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili finally lays science fiction to rest as he opens up Einstein's Universe. Leading us gently and light-heartedly through the dizzying world of our space and time, he even gives us the recipe for a time machine, capable of taking us Back to the Future, to Alice's Wonderland, or on a trip with the Terminator.
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Time-travel through a Wormhole!
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Check out the new book on time travel--Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines--from Institute of Physics Publishing. Author/theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili, co-star of the BBC's Flow of Time series and pioneering populizer of science, leads the reader gently and light-heartedly through the world of our space and time, and even gives the recipe for a time machine capable of taking us Back to the Future.
Jim Al Khalili performed the 1998 Institute of Physics Schools Lecture Tour with the finale at the Royal Institution. He co-starred with Roger Penrose on the BBC's Flow of Time and has been nominated for the Royal Society Michael Faraday Award in the Public Understanding of Science. His recent TV and radio appearances have seen him discuss subjects as broad as the Meaning of Free Will and The Science Behind Star Wars.
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