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Summary: Beyond incredible
Review: I'm blown away. This is the first book I purchased on time travel. I was actually looking for a book on wormholes, and this was the closest (and best rated) that I could find. I feel foolish now to think that I was just looking for a book on one tiny subject in a gargantuan field.This book covers so much, it is difficult to swallow. The first section deals with theoretical physics concepts like general and special relativity. These concepts are explained well, for the most part. There are some shortcomings in the editing (like using a term before defining it, and not providing an index or glossary of terms), but it wasn't so bad that it became incomprehensible. From there, it moves to application of these concepts, The Philadelphia Experiment, and much more. I'm only about half-way through the book, but so far, it just keeps getting better and better. The portions on current research into vertical timelines and defying our conventional perception of physical space are mind-blowing. Even if this book is a complete lie, it is an amazingly well thought-out and thoroughly supported one! Highly recommended. (Don't let the embarrassingly stupid cover or laughable typography fool you, the content is completely professional and fascinating.)
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Summary: Zzzzzzz.....
Review: Okay, the book is "interesting". But unless you really understand a lot of scientific mumbo jumbo, this book is a guaranteed sleep agent. I enjoyed reading about the strange stories and what not, but, honestly, I could have read them in a Time-Life book. Some are stories that everyone already knows about (Philadelphia Experiment). Some of the diagrams are pretty cheesy. One supposedly is a "time machine", but looks like a baby walker. Please! Most of the "scientific" data is nothing but a bunch of photocopies of other people's work. This book is in no way a "manual" for anything. You won't learn how to time travel. Save your money. Or you can buy mine cheap.
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Summary: Zzzzzzz.....
Review: Okay, the book is "interesting". But unless you really understand a lot of scientific mumbo jumbo, this book is a guaranteed sleep agent. I enjoyed reading about the strange stories and what not, but, honestly, I could have read them in a Time-Life book. Some are stories that everyone already knows about (Philadelphia Experiment). Some of the diagrams are pretty cheesy. One supposedly is a "time machine", but looks like a baby walker. Please! Most of the "scientific" data is nothing but a bunch of photocopies of other people's work. This book is in no way a "manual" for anything. You won't learn how to time travel. Save your money. Or you can buy mine cheap.
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Summary: It's probably Time you read this book....
Review: This book, starts out as a pretty dry read concerning the physics of time travel. This is alright, since the concept is pretty deep, but is better covered by a physicist like Paul Davies, in his book "About Time". The science part reads like a college term paper rather than an interesting portrayal of the science. Then again, we're not buying it to learn about Einstein, are we? No, we want to see about time travel!
Once past the science stuff, we begin to see what 'paranormal' or unexplained events may indicate time travellers. U.F.O.'s is a common theme here, although I'm surprised Childress, who does seem to discuss everything, didn't talk about people purportedly appearing from nowhere. These cases are well documented, and certainly related to the idea of 'time travel'. That aside, he displays some nice photographic and illustrated documentation of U.F.O.'s, starting with the late 19th century. This continues, including Rastafarian Time Travellers. It goes on into the Philidelphia Experiment and how it may relate to time travel. Then, into some people's unfounded claims of either a.) being a time traveller b.) channeling time travellers c.) finding time capsules supposedly left by time travellers, etc. The section on 'Seth' (of 'Seth Speaks' fame) was particularly painful, nearly equal to the lengthy babblings concerning the 'Wingmakers', (look it up on the internet). Later, the book goes into some patents, and ends up with an excellent re-iteration of an actual, verified teleportation performed in California-perhaps the only truly verifiable evidence in this book.
Aside from these difficulties, it really has quite a few photographs and drawings of time machines, either patent ideas or left by 'time travellers'. A few amusing cartoons are included, and it does go into depth (as much as is possible) to speculation of actual work on space-time related projects. Fun to read? Read Well's 'Time Machine' for that (which I was surprised and disappointed Childress did not find some connection to allow him to speculate Wells was writing from first-hand experience). It is a nice collection of the 'time travel' theories, ideas, and purported events in existence to the public today, and for that it is worth a purchase.
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Summary: It's probably Time you read this book....
Review: This book, starts out as a pretty dry read concerning the physics of time travel. This is alright, since the concept is pretty deep, but is better covered by a physicist like Paul Davies, in his book "About Time". The science part reads like a college term paper rather than an interesting portrayal of the science. Then again, we're not buying it to learn about Einstein, are we? No, we want to see about time travel!
Once past the science stuff, we begin to see what 'paranormal' or unexplained events may indicate time travellers. U.F.O.'s is a common theme here, although I'm surprised Childress, who does seem to discuss everything, didn't talk about people purportedly appearing from nowhere. These cases are well documented, and certainly related to the idea of 'time travel'. That aside, he displays some nice photographic and illustrated documentation of U.F.O.'s, starting with the late 19th century. This continues, including Rastafarian Time Travellers. It goes on into the Philidelphia Experiment and how it may relate to time travel. Then, into some people's unfounded claims of either a.) being a time traveller b.) channeling time travellers c.) finding time capsules supposedly left by time travellers, etc. The section on 'Seth' (of 'Seth Speaks' fame) was particularly painful, nearly equal to the lengthy babblings concerning the 'Wingmakers', (look it up on the internet). Later, the book goes into some patents, and ends up with an excellent re-iteration of an actual, verified teleportation performed in California-perhaps the only truly verifiable evidence in this book.
Aside from these difficulties, it really has quite a few photographs and drawings of time machines, either patent ideas or left by 'time travellers'. A few amusing cartoons are included, and it does go into depth (as much as is possible) to speculation of actual work on space-time related projects. Fun to read? Read Well's 'Time Machine' for that (which I was surprised and disappointed Childress did not find some connection to allow him to speculate Wells was writing from first-hand experience). It is a nice collection of the 'time travel' theories, ideas, and purported events in existence to the public today, and for that it is worth a purchase.
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