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	Time - Time Travel
		Time travel is the concept of traveling forward and backward to different points in time, much as we do through space.
		The assumption that time travel or superluminal communications is impossible allows one to derive interesting results such as the no cloning theorem, and how the rules of quantum mechanics work to preserve causality is an active area of research.
		Time, and the apparent movement of time, is connected to the number 12 - which is 1+2 =3 - or third dimension.
	www.crystalinks.com /timetravel.html (2954 words)

	Time Travel
		Time travel is the concept of moving backward or forward to different points in time, in a manner analogous to moving through space.
		Time travel themes in science fiction and the media can generally be grouped into two main types and a third, less common type (based on effect—methods are extremely varied and numerous), each of which is further subdivided.
		A possible solution to this is to have the mechanics of time travel require that mass-energy be exchanged in precise balance between past and future at the moment of travel, or to simply expand the scope of the conservation law to encompass all timelines.
	www.exactspent.com /time_travel.htm (4247 words)

	Time travel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Time travel is the concept of moving backward or forward to different points in time, in a manner analogous to moving through space.
		Although the possibility of traveling to the future by moving at relativistic velocities is taken for granted by physicists, many in the scientific community believe that backwards time travel is highly unlikely.
		Time travel themes in science fiction and the media can generally be grouped into two main types and a third, less common type (based on effect—methods are extremely varied and numerous), each of which is further subdivided.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Time_travel (4764 words)

	Time Travel - Fact or Fiction?
		We define time travel to mean departure from a certain place and time followed (from the traveller's point of view) by arrival at the same place at an earlier (from the sedentary observer's point of view) time.
		Time travel paradoxes arise from the fact that departure occurs after arrival according to one observer and before arrival according to another.
		Is time travel really impossible, or is it merely another phenomenon where "impossible" means "nature is weirder than we think?" The answer is more interesting than you might think.
	math.ucr.edu /home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/time_travel.html (1218 words)

	Modelling time travel in fiction @ Things Of Interest
		Time travel is a subject of great interest to me - not the actual, you know, nuts and bolts physics of it, but the various possible models that can be imagined.
		Adding in the condition that every time traveller remains "tied" to their "original era", this would enable the scenario seen in the DC crossover "Zero Hour", in which people born thousands of years ago disappear in increasing order of birthdate, and people from the future also disappearing, as history is "eaten up" from both ends.
		Time travel is possible, but you can only jump backwards or forwards by precisely a hundred years - every other era is inaccessible to you.
	qntm.org /models (2278 words)

	Modelling time travel in fiction @ Things Of Interest
		Time travel is a subject of great interest to me - not the actual, you know, nuts and bolts physics of it, but the various possible models that can be imagined.
		Adding in the condition that every time traveller remains "tied" to their "original era", this would enable the scenario seen in the DC crossover "Zero Hour", in which people born thousands of years ago disappear in increasing order of birthdate, and people from the future also disappearing, as history is "eaten up" from both ends.
		Time travel is possible, but you can only jump backwards or forwards by precisely a hundred years - every other era is inaccessible to you.
	www.qntm.org /models (2251 words)

	Time travel in fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Time travel is a common theme in fiction (and particularly science fiction), depicted in a variety of media.
		The time travel adventure story which tends to involve the same elements as adult's time where some time travel adds extra spice and, generally, fiction involving many of the same concerns as adult science fiction such as time loops and time paradoxes.
		Sluggy Freelance features several instances of time travel in the storylines concerning the cast's efforts against the demon K'Z'K. Berk, a soldier from the future, is sent back to prevent the demon from being summoned, as the war against the demons is all but lost, but fails.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Time_travel_in_fiction (5090 words)

	On Time Travel, Science Fiction and the Many Worlds Theory of Quantum Mechanics
		You move in a straight line in a fourth, which you call time, and stay rooted to one place in a fifth, which is the first fundamental of probability.
		After a short time, there are countless other “parallel” branches that occupy the same point in time and space, but at a different point in probability, many of which will be nearly identical to the one which is being observed.
		Traveling through time in the manner set out by many science fiction writers becomes therefore no simple matter; not only must the time traveler find the desired co-ordinates in space and time, but must also specify the location in probability, lest the traveler find himself in a drastically different world from the one he left.
	www3.sympatico.ca /scrawl/4a3p1.html (1779 words)

	Time Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It doesn't matter whether it's travel into the future, the past, or into alternate universes, the idea of breaking free of the flow of time is fascinating to me.
		Time travel in fiction can get a little more far out than time travel in television.
		Many time travel stories simply use time travel as a method of getting from one scene to the next, but some of them play with the paradoxes possible with time travel.
	home.columbus.rr.com /jshaffstall/time.htm (179 words)

	NOVA \| Transcripts \| Time Travel \| PBS
		CARL SAGAN: As a youngster who was fascinated by the possibility of time travel in science fiction, to be in any way involved in, in the possible actualization of time travel is, it just brings goose bumps.
		When the space traveling twin returns home, time hasn't dilated for him or her, that is, he or she has aged only a little, while the twin who has remained at home has aged at the regular pace.
		KIP THORNE: Once it appeared that time machines were a real possibility we then had to face the question of paradoxes, of going back in time and changing history and thereby causing the foundations of physics to crumble beneath us.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/transcripts/2612time.html (6830 words)

	Time Travel in Fiction: English 230 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is capable of telling a story about time travel through slavery because the characterization in the story is extensive, enabling the reader to be able to connect to each of the characters and feel for their racial dilemmas while traveling to the time of racism.
		So, while time travel may be a simple(r) task, whether or not it would be worth the risk of never being able to find your way back becomes another problem entirely (as everything we have read about time travel seems to end on a negative note, I felt ending this now was appropriate).
		This type of time traveling required knowing that one is not limited to the body and free to exist anywhere and everywhere.
	mblog.lib.umich.edu /timetravel (10122 words)

	Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by J. Richard Gott
		Although I didn't do any research into time travel per se, a lot of the ideas that Gott discusses are very familiar to me and therefore it is impossible for me to judge how this book would appear to the non-technical reader who has no knowledge of the concepts and theories being discussed.
		Once he has established the principles of time travel, Gott then moves on to explain why brilliant scientists like himself expend all this effort researching time travel, because, although time travel is theoretically possible, it is not practical nor will be for many generations to come.
		The real reason for researching time travel is not to build a time machine, but to better understand how the Universe works and, in Gott's case, to answer one of the greatest questions of all time, "where did the Universe come from?".
	www.nnbtv.dircon.co.uk /Books/2002/Time.html (1899 words)

	Time Travel and Modern Physics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
		It is ironic that time travel should lead generically not to contradictions or to constraints (in the normal region) but to underdetermination of what happens in the time travel region by what happens everywhere else (an underdetermination tied neither to a probabilistic dynamics or to a free edge to space-time).
		In the time travel case there is no such causal story to be told: there simply has to be some pre-established harmony between the global space-time structure and the matter distribution on some space-like surfaces.
		Thus the reason why the global time travel properties of the counterfactual space-time have to be significantly different from the actual space-time is not that there are problems with metric singularities or alterations in the metric that force significant global changes when we go to the counterfactual matter distribution.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/time-travel-phys (12656 words)

	Amazon.com: Time Machines: Books: Paul J., Nahin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through the intriguing theories of scientists and the far-flung imaginations of writers.
		Sadly, Nahin completely ignores one aspect that features prominently in many modern time travel narratives: the idea of alternate universes / alternate realities and, tied to that, the narrative perspective of sequentiality, which follows the POV of the protagonist of a narrative and projects his continuity against the alterations his actions cause.
		The idea of showing the effects of time travel thought on philosophy and literature (and vice versa) is good, but I felt that a clearer separation would have made the book much easier to read.
	www.amazon.com /Time-Machines-Paul-J-Nahin/dp/0387985719 (2442 words)

	TIME TRAVEL page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Blunden (1972): mentioned in Steven's Time Travel Page "After their mother is hired as the caretaker of a Victorian mansion, a pair of youngsters see a ghost.
		Even when time is of the essence and their lives hang in the balance, if something fantastic is going on, everybody stops what they're doing and gawks as if time stands still while they aren't actively doing something productive.
		Time Slip (1970): mentioned in Steven's Time Travel Page "Simon and Liz were teenage siblings who fell into a time hole and found themselves trapped in various periods of the 20th century, where they encounter all sorts of adventures.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/time.html (10390 words)

	TIME TRAVEL
		Current scientific theory states that Time Travel may be possible, however the technology is a long way off, perhaps hundreds of years in the future.
		As with any technology, such as the VCR, Time Travel, once it becomes feasible, will initially be very expensive yet it will become more economical as time goes by.
		Discussions on theories, thoughts and opinions on the possibility of Time Travel and the associated paradoxes from a philosophical rather than a purely scientific viewpoint using diagrams and stories.
	m.webring.com /hub?ring=timetrav (630 words)

	Randles Time Travel Book Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jenny Randles' new book is a fascinating, if loosely organized, look at the concept of time travel, and the possibilities that it may actually be happening.
		Randles presents many of the theories on the subject,a nifty one, whatever its validity, being that what we experience as UFO aliens are time travellers from various parts of the future.
		It seems that the ship's weight was supplemented by the presence of all those voyeuristic time travellers who wanted to experience the last few minutes of the famous ship's existence.
	www.strangemag.com /randlestimetravbkrev.html (449 words)

	Cool Time Travel Fiction - Forums powered by UBB.threads™
		There comes a time when one must decide what they desire; their choices being: To evolve or stay the same.
		This is one of the few books that examines the paradoxical implications of time travel rather than zapping the traveler into the past or future and seeing what they do there.
		In this book there's no "time machine"; the "hero" has a fictional illness that causes him to leap through time randomly, especially at times of stress of anxiety.
	www.timetravelinstitute.com /ttiforum/showflat.php?Board=fanfiction&Number=23683 (1360 words)

	NOVA Online \| Teachers \| Viewing Ideas \| Time Travel \| PBS
		"Einstein said time is that which is indicated by a clock.
		Have students debate this quote from physicist Stephen Hawking: "Time travel might be possible, but if that's the case why haven't we been overrun by tourists from the future?"
		Discuss with students how popular media portrays time travel in science fiction literature and movies, such as "Back to the Future," "Terminator I" and "II," "Contact," and "Star Trek." Why do students think time travel is such an appealing subject?
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/2612_time.html (127 words)

	Time Travel Institute
		The Time Travel Institute is dedicated to the research and exploration of the temporal sciences.
		Chief of Research at the Time Travel Institute (and fictional character) Dr. Gunthar VonSchnelling presents to you some basic theories and concepts on time travel.
		Time Travel has always been a popular topic for science fiction.
	www.timetravelinstitute.com (231 words)

	Amazon.com: Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction: Books: Paul J. Nahin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		But if, like me, you are a child at heart, the real fun lies in the zany stories and wild speculations." Physics World Time Machines explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov.
		This very readable work covers a variety of topics including the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; the speculations of Einstein, Richard Feynman, Kurt Goedel, and others; time travel paradoxes, and much more.
		Hospers says that time travel is possible and Nahin actually is arguing against it.
	www.amazon.com /Time-Machines-Physics-Metaphysics-Science/dp/156396371X (2440 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Time Travel Will Work"
		There may be no other concept that captures the imagination more than the idea of time travel -- the ability to travel to any point in the past or future.
		As you sit at your desk, doing nothing more than clicking your mouse, time is traveling around you.
		Ideas of time travel have existed for centuries, but when Albert Einstein released his theory of special relativity, he laid the foundation for the theoretical possibility of time travel.
	science.howstuffworks.com /time-travel.htm (265 words)

	Science fiction, time travel sci-fi novel by David Gerrold
		This work is considered by many to be the 'ultimate time travel novel'.
		Hugo and Nebula winning author David Gerrold is the author of science fiction classics The Man Who Folded Himself and When HARLIE Was One (both nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards), and the immensely popular Star Wolf and Chtorr series.
		Eight illustrated science fiction stories from Program A can be found at the Possible World Machine web site.
	www.123infinity.com /books_page.html (258 words)

	Sci-Fi Science - Time Travel, Aliens, Hyperdrive Systems, Dr Who (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As a small group of professional scientists we thought it would be a good idea to create a fun website to explore the true science underlying popular science fiction.
		The site is split into two parts, the serious discussion of the science behind common science fiction themes, such as time travel etc and a fun part, such as why we got interested in science and what we consider to be the greatest Sci-Fi films ever made.
		Wherever you are if you want the serious stuff click on an Einstein and for the fun stuff click on a Dalek.
	freespace.virgin.net /steve.preston/Time.html (108 words)

	Golden rules of time travel @ Things Of Interest
		It was going to be a big list of all the things that people traditionally do wrong in time travel movies and books.
		Do not go back in time with the intention of winning at gambling
		The more I thought about it, the more I realised that because unless something goes wrong during time travel, you don't HAVE a book/movie, and that therefore there is only one real rule which is
	www.qntm.org /golden (191 words)

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