ISBN: 9780007544455

He explores the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Gleick is one of the greatest science writers in the English languag… Meer...

He explores the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Gleick is one of the greatest science writers in the English language. CHAOS and GENIUS have both been nominated for the National Book Award. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Time Travel by James Gleick AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick's story begins at the turn of the twentieth century with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation, The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological - the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilisations, and the perfection of clocks. Gleick tracks the evolution of time travel as an idea in the culture - from Marcel Proust to Doctor Who, from Woody Allen to Jorge Luis Borges. He explores the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Finally, he delves into a temporal shift that is unsettling our own moment: the instantaneous wired world, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future. Notes Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, Gleick presents a philosophical exploration of time and memory. 'Skilfully weaves together science, technology and culture in a dazzling history of time travel' New Statesman Author Biography JAMES GLEICK (around.com) is our leading chronicler of science and technology, the best-selling author of Chaos: Making a New Science, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, and The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. His books have been translated into thirty languages. Review 'Skilfully weaves together science, technology and culture in a dazzling history of time travel' New Statesman `A glorious compendium of conundrums and mind-bogglers ... What one reveres Gleick for are the bridges he opens between high science, which he and a few other cognoscenti understand, and the low fiction that everyone enjoys. That's the word to end with: "enjoy". In whatever universe you happen to be reading this' The Times `Wonderful and deceptively unassuming ... Time, for us, is movement in stasis: we cannot travel backwards or forwards in it but are stuck in the moment, although the moment is always new. This is a profound mystery, and one that the greatest minds throughout history have been unable to make even a start at solving... (Gleick is) possessed of a splendidly dry wit' Irish Times `Time Travel is written with his usual elegance' Guardian `Endlessly fascinating and as thorough as you like, but written with his customary grace and wit' Spectator `This book is a bit like you imagine time travel to be: a dizzying mind-rush through a century of ideas, some lingered over, some only glimpsed; some clearly seen, some blurry. It is vertiginous, exciting, paradoxical - and worth making the journey' Sunday Times `Enthralling...in these pages, time flies' John Banville `Time Travel regularly manages to twist its reader's mind ... A wonderful reminder that the most potent time-travelling technology we have is also the oldest technology we have: storytelling' Anthony Doerr `Superb ... Rich in obscure and illuminating information, laced with lyricism, wit, and startling and convincing insights' Joyce Carol Oates `Weird, enthralling, surreal, dreamlike, almost intoxicating' Irish Independent `Gleick more or less invented the modern style of mind-bending scientific non-fiction that does not talk down to its audience: Time Travel is written with his usual elegance' Guardian Review Quote 'Endlessly fascinating and as thorough as you like, but written with his customary grace and wit' Spectator 'This book is a bit like you imagine time travel to be: a dizzying mind-rush through a century of ideas, some lingered over, some only glimpsed; some clearly seen, some blurry. It is vertiginous, exciting, paradoxical - and worth making the journey' Sunday Times 'Enthralling...in these pages, time flies' John Banville 'Time Travel regularly manages to twist its reader's mind ... A wonderful reminder that the most potent time-travelling technology we have is also the oldest technology we have: storytelling' Anthony Doerr 'Superb ... Rich in obscure and illuminating information, laced with lyricism, wit, and startling and convincing insights' Joyce Carol Oates Feature * Gleick is one of the greatest science writers in the English language. CHAOS and GENIUS have both been nominated for the National Book Award. ISAAC NEWTON was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. THE INFORMATION won the 2012 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. * Gleick has sold over 140,000 copies TCM to date. CHAOS sold 78,000 copies TCM in PB alone. ISAAC NEWTON sold 25,000 TCM. FASTER sold 14,000 TCM. GENIUS sold 10,000 TCM in PB alone. THE INFORMATION has sold 11,000 TCM. * Written with the skill of the best literary fiction, TIME TRAVEL will have a broad appeal, relevant to anyone interested in time travel, from Proust to Doctor Who. Should appeal to fans of sci fi, literary criticism, cultural history and science books Details ISBN0007544456 Author James Gleick Pages 352 Publisher Harpercollins Publishers Year 2017 ISBN-10 0007544456 ISBN-13 9780007544455 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-09-07 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 529 Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Short Title Time Travel Language English Subtitle A History Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2017-09-07 AU Release Date 2017-09-07 NZ Release Date 2017-09-07 Illustrator Tony Ross Edited by Michael Wittmann Birth 1927 Affiliation University of Queensland Position Senior Lecturer Qualifications J.D. 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2017, ISBN: 9780007544455

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution … Meer...

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick's story begins at the turn of the twentieth century with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation, The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological - the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilisations, and the perfection of clocks. Gleick tracks the evolution of time travel as an idea in the culture - from Marcel Proust to Doctor Who, from Woody Allen to Jorge Luis Borges. He explores the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Finally, he delves into a temporal shift that is unsettling our own moment: the instantaneous wired world, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future. Books James Gleick|Paperback|HarperCollins Publishers|07/09/2017, HarperCollins Publishers<

2017, ISBN: 0007544456

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ISBN: 9780007544455

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolutio… Meer...

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