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How to Build a Time Machine
AuthorPaul Davies
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherViking
Publication date
2002
Media typePrint
Pages131 pp.
ISBN0670030635


How to Build a Time Machine by Paul Davies is a 2002 physics book that discusses the possibilities of time travel.[1] It was published by Penguin Books.

Synopsis

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In this book, Davies discusses why time is relative, how this relates to time travel, and then lays out a "blueprint" for a real time machine. This is explored whilst also discussing paradoxes which allow a more constructive approach. It is a realistic, albeit fantastical, book.[2][3]

Critical reception

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In Kirkus Reviews the reviewer noted that this volume allowed "Davies to wax eloquent on concepts he has covered in earlier works: general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, virtual matter (non-empty vacuums), parallel universes, as well as assorted time paradoxes."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "How to Build a Time Machine by Paul Davies". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ^ Davies, Paul (2007). "How to Build a Time Machine". Scientific American. 17 (1): 28–33. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0407-28sp.
  3. ^ SETI Institute (8 April 2012), How to Build A Time Machine - Paul Davies (SETI Talks), retrieved 31 March 2017
  4. ^ ""Davies Lite, with much sleight of hand."". Kirkus Reviews, 4 March 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2025.

See also

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