Prologue; 1. An Overview of Time Travel; 2. On the Nature of Time, Spacetime, and the Fourth Dimension; 3. The Arrows of Time; 4. Time- Travel Paradoxes and (Some of) Their Explanations; Epilogue; Notes and References; Tech Notes; Glossary of Important Terms and Concepts; Bibliography; Index
From the reviews: "Here's a gem of a book...all peppered with
delightful notes from science fiction films, novels, and comics. I
can turn a page without finding a jewel." Clifford Stoll,
University of California, Berkeley, author of The Cuckoos Egg "The
first edition a ] was the most thorough compendium ever written on
time travel in science fictiona ]scientifically accurate and at the
same time largely accessible to a broad audience of
non-specialistsa ]I have been struck by the richness and complexity
of the tapestry of ideas that Nahin presents a ]" Kip Thorne "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." Nature FROM THE REVIEWS: 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. Wellsa (TM)s time machine wouldna (TM)t work
(it does not move in space) is particularly engaginga ][it] is an
excellent addition to the discussion of time travel.a
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