The Time Machine Hypothesis: Extreme Science Meets Science Fiction

by Damien Broderick

Book Overview

Every age has characteristic inventions that change the world. In the 19th century it was the steam engine and the train. For the 20th, electric and gasoline power, aircraft, nuclear weapons, even ventures into space. Today, the planet is awash with electronic business, chatter and virtual-reality entertainment so brilliant that the division between real and simulated is hard to discern. But one new idea from the 19th century has failed, so far,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030161773
• ISBN13: 9783030161774
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"