Author: Robert W. Stach
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1641389842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
It's been 225 years since the survivors of the extinction-level ice age that occurred on Earth-I have been brought to Earth-II. The six individuals who brought the survivors on Earth-II have been living on Earth-II with the descendants of the original settlers from the past twenty-five years. However, these six individuals are now becoming restless and want to go into space again. Even though they all are in their seventies, their life expectancies are such that they could live another fifty years. They increased the size of the spaceship they used to bring the survivors to Earth-II so they can increase the number of individuals who can travel with them. They leave Earth-II to revisit some of the planets they had visited previously as well as the edge of the known universe. They find life on several planets all of which has the same generic materials as humans. This book continues the adventure the space travelers have and the knowledge they obtain from traveling through space.
Time to Travel Again in Space
Author: Robert W. Stach
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1641389842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
It's been 225 years since the survivors of the extinction-level ice age that occurred on Earth-I have been brought to Earth-II. The six individuals who brought the survivors on Earth-II have been living on Earth-II with the descendants of the original settlers from the past twenty-five years. However, these six individuals are now becoming restless and want to go into space again. Even though they all are in their seventies, their life expectancies are such that they could live another fifty years. They increased the size of the spaceship they used to bring the survivors to Earth-II so they can increase the number of individuals who can travel with them. They leave Earth-II to revisit some of the planets they had visited previously as well as the edge of the known universe. They find life on several planets all of which has the same generic materials as humans. This book continues the adventure the space travelers have and the knowledge they obtain from traveling through space.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1641389842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
It's been 225 years since the survivors of the extinction-level ice age that occurred on Earth-I have been brought to Earth-II. The six individuals who brought the survivors on Earth-II have been living on Earth-II with the descendants of the original settlers from the past twenty-five years. However, these six individuals are now becoming restless and want to go into space again. Even though they all are in their seventies, their life expectancies are such that they could live another fifty years. They increased the size of the spaceship they used to bring the survivors to Earth-II so they can increase the number of individuals who can travel with them. They leave Earth-II to revisit some of the planets they had visited previously as well as the edge of the known universe. They find life on several planets all of which has the same generic materials as humans. This book continues the adventure the space travelers have and the knowledge they obtain from traveling through space.
If I Were an Astronaut
Author: Eric Braun
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404855343
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404855343
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.
Time Travel and Warp Drives
Author: Allen Everett
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226224988
Category : Space and time
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Presents the current understanding of the nature of time and space, and an approachable explanation of Einstein's theory of special relativity; then goes on to connect these to possible time travel along with the accompanying paradoxes involved.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226224988
Category : Space and time
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Presents the current understanding of the nature of time and space, and an approachable explanation of Einstein's theory of special relativity; then goes on to connect these to possible time travel along with the accompanying paradoxes involved.
TIME AND SPACE
Author: Ricky Lucio
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453588191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Do you believe that the world will end on December 21, 2012? Neither did astrophysics professor Ivan Peterson until he saw the irrefutable evidence before him. What started out as an ordinary day for Dr. Peterson quickly turned into a challenge to save the world. With heart-pounding intensity and challenges at every corner, Dr. Peterson must work with the U.S. Military, the President of the United States, a couple of friends, and a visitor from the future to try to save the Earth from destruction. With only days to go before December 21, 2012, and with no clear strategy to save the world from the myriad of possible destructive forces, Professor Peterson must try to prevent a catastrophe. Nothing is as it seems, and everything seems to happen at once. Ivan’s extensive education was no preparation for what he and the others must now face. Which force will destroy the Earth and its people fi rst: a hostile alien race or the increasingly tense nuclear countries of the world, all with their weapons ready to fi re at a moment’s notice?
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453588191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Do you believe that the world will end on December 21, 2012? Neither did astrophysics professor Ivan Peterson until he saw the irrefutable evidence before him. What started out as an ordinary day for Dr. Peterson quickly turned into a challenge to save the world. With heart-pounding intensity and challenges at every corner, Dr. Peterson must work with the U.S. Military, the President of the United States, a couple of friends, and a visitor from the future to try to save the Earth from destruction. With only days to go before December 21, 2012, and with no clear strategy to save the world from the myriad of possible destructive forces, Professor Peterson must try to prevent a catastrophe. Nothing is as it seems, and everything seems to happen at once. Ivan’s extensive education was no preparation for what he and the others must now face. Which force will destroy the Earth and its people fi rst: a hostile alien race or the increasingly tense nuclear countries of the world, all with their weapons ready to fi re at a moment’s notice?
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe
Author: J. Richard Gott
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547526571
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A Princeton astrophysicist explores whether journeying to the past or future is scientifically possible in this “intriguing” volume (Neil deGrasse Tyson). It was H. G. Wells who coined the term “time machine”—but the concept of time travel, both forward and backward, has always provoked fascination and yearning. It has mostly been dismissed as an impossibility in the world of physics; yet theories posited by Einstein, and advanced by scientists including Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne, suggest that the phenomenon could actually occur. Building on these ideas, J. Richard Gott, a professor who has written on the subject for Scientific American, Time, and other publications, describes how travel to the future is not only possible but has already happened—and contemplates whether travel to the past is also conceivable. This look at the surprising facts behind the science fiction of time travel “deserves the attention of anyone wanting wider intellectual horizons” (Booklist). “Impressively clear language. Practical tips for chrononauts on their options for travel and the contingencies to prepare for make everything sound bizarrely plausible. Gott clearly enjoys his subject and his excitement and humor are contagious; this book is a delight to read.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547526571
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A Princeton astrophysicist explores whether journeying to the past or future is scientifically possible in this “intriguing” volume (Neil deGrasse Tyson). It was H. G. Wells who coined the term “time machine”—but the concept of time travel, both forward and backward, has always provoked fascination and yearning. It has mostly been dismissed as an impossibility in the world of physics; yet theories posited by Einstein, and advanced by scientists including Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne, suggest that the phenomenon could actually occur. Building on these ideas, J. Richard Gott, a professor who has written on the subject for Scientific American, Time, and other publications, describes how travel to the future is not only possible but has already happened—and contemplates whether travel to the past is also conceivable. This look at the surprising facts behind the science fiction of time travel “deserves the attention of anyone wanting wider intellectual horizons” (Booklist). “Impressively clear language. Practical tips for chrononauts on their options for travel and the contingencies to prepare for make everything sound bizarrely plausible. Gott clearly enjoys his subject and his excitement and humor are contagious; this book is a delight to read.” —Publishers Weekly
Doctor Who in Time and Space
Author: Gillian I. Leitch
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476602247
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
This collection of fresh essays addresses a broad range of topics in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, both old (1963-1989) and new (2005-present). The book begins with the fan: There are essays on how the show is viewed and identified with, fan interactions with each other, reactions to changes, the wilderness years when it wasn't in production. Essays then look at the ways in which the stories are told (e.g., their timeliness, their use of time travel as a device, etc.). After discussing the stories and devices and themes, the essays turn to looking at the Doctor's female companions and how they evolve, are used, and changed by their journey with the Doctor.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476602247
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
This collection of fresh essays addresses a broad range of topics in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, both old (1963-1989) and new (2005-present). The book begins with the fan: There are essays on how the show is viewed and identified with, fan interactions with each other, reactions to changes, the wilderness years when it wasn't in production. Essays then look at the ways in which the stories are told (e.g., their timeliness, their use of time travel as a device, etc.). After discussing the stories and devices and themes, the essays turn to looking at the Doctor's female companions and how they evolve, are used, and changed by their journey with the Doctor.
Robert Smithson
Author: Ann Reynolds
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262681551
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
An examination of the interplay between cultural context and artistic practice in the work of Robert Smithson. Robert Smithson (1938-1973) produced his best-known work during the 1960s and early 1970s, a period in which the boundaries of the art world and the objectives of art-making were questioned perhaps more consistently and thoroughly than any time before or since. In Robert Smithson, Ann Reynolds elucidates the complexity of Smithson's work and thought by placing them in their historical context, a context greatly enhanced by the vast archival materials that Smithson's widow, Nancy Holt, donated to the Archives of American Art in 1987. The archive provides Reynolds with the remnants of Smithson's working life—magazines, postcards from other artists, notebooks, and perhaps most important, his library—from which she reconstructs the physical and conceptual world that Smithson inhabited. Reynolds explores the relation of Smithson's art-making, thinking about art-making, writing, and interaction with other artists to the articulated ideology and discreet assumptions that determined the parameters of artistic practice of the time. A central focus of Reynolds's analysis is Smithson's fascination with the blind spots at the center of established ways of seeing and thinking about culture. For Smithson, New Jersey was such a blind spot, and he returned there again and again—alone and with fellow artists—to make art that, through its location alone, undermined assumptions about what and, more important, where, art should be. For those who guarded the integrity of the established art world, New Jersey was "elsewhere"; but for Smithson, "elsewheres" were the defining, if often forgotten, locations on the map of contemporary culture.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262681551
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
An examination of the interplay between cultural context and artistic practice in the work of Robert Smithson. Robert Smithson (1938-1973) produced his best-known work during the 1960s and early 1970s, a period in which the boundaries of the art world and the objectives of art-making were questioned perhaps more consistently and thoroughly than any time before or since. In Robert Smithson, Ann Reynolds elucidates the complexity of Smithson's work and thought by placing them in their historical context, a context greatly enhanced by the vast archival materials that Smithson's widow, Nancy Holt, donated to the Archives of American Art in 1987. The archive provides Reynolds with the remnants of Smithson's working life—magazines, postcards from other artists, notebooks, and perhaps most important, his library—from which she reconstructs the physical and conceptual world that Smithson inhabited. Reynolds explores the relation of Smithson's art-making, thinking about art-making, writing, and interaction with other artists to the articulated ideology and discreet assumptions that determined the parameters of artistic practice of the time. A central focus of Reynolds's analysis is Smithson's fascination with the blind spots at the center of established ways of seeing and thinking about culture. For Smithson, New Jersey was such a blind spot, and he returned there again and again—alone and with fellow artists—to make art that, through its location alone, undermined assumptions about what and, more important, where, art should be. For those who guarded the integrity of the established art world, New Jersey was "elsewhere"; but for Smithson, "elsewheres" were the defining, if often forgotten, locations on the map of contemporary culture.
Kirk Sandblaster Vs. Montague Santiago
Author: Oli Jacobs
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244614903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Woosh! Kirk Sandblaster thinks he's a lock for Universia Man of the Year, but when suave ""Time Adventurer"" Montague Santiago ends up with the trophy, it kicks off a whole adventure through both time and space. With Xlaar along for the ride, Sandblaster finds himself on strange planets ruled by oily dinosaurs, time voids, and a planet once known as ""Earth"". The 5th Kirk Sandblaster adventure is filled with the usual thrills, spills, and comedic ills that you'd expect from the series. From the curious mind of Oli Jacobs, once again strap yourself in, activate your Quantum Core, and enjoy another adventure in Universia...
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244614903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Woosh! Kirk Sandblaster thinks he's a lock for Universia Man of the Year, but when suave ""Time Adventurer"" Montague Santiago ends up with the trophy, it kicks off a whole adventure through both time and space. With Xlaar along for the ride, Sandblaster finds himself on strange planets ruled by oily dinosaurs, time voids, and a planet once known as ""Earth"". The 5th Kirk Sandblaster adventure is filled with the usual thrills, spills, and comedic ills that you'd expect from the series. From the curious mind of Oli Jacobs, once again strap yourself in, activate your Quantum Core, and enjoy another adventure in Universia...
Time: A Philosophical Analysis
Author: T. Chapman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9027714657
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book is intended as an exposition of a particular theory of time in the sense of an interrelated set of attempted solutions to philosophical problems about it. Generally speaking there are two views about time held by philosophers and some scientists interested in philosophical issues. The first called the A-theory (after McTaggart's expression A-determinations for the properties of being past, present or future) is often thought to be closer to our commonsense view of time or to the concept of time presupposed by ordinary language. It includes at least the following theses, (a) Logic ought really to include tensed quantifiers for existence on one of its important usages means, present existence. More generally, we can't reduce all tensed locutions to tenseless ones. (b) The distinction between past, present and future is an objective one. It is not, for example, dependent on our consciousness of change; some A-theorists hold also, that the distinction, in effect, is an absolute one.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9027714657
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book is intended as an exposition of a particular theory of time in the sense of an interrelated set of attempted solutions to philosophical problems about it. Generally speaking there are two views about time held by philosophers and some scientists interested in philosophical issues. The first called the A-theory (after McTaggart's expression A-determinations for the properties of being past, present or future) is often thought to be closer to our commonsense view of time or to the concept of time presupposed by ordinary language. It includes at least the following theses, (a) Logic ought really to include tensed quantifiers for existence on one of its important usages means, present existence. More generally, we can't reduce all tensed locutions to tenseless ones. (b) The distinction between past, present and future is an objective one. It is not, for example, dependent on our consciousness of change; some A-theorists hold also, that the distinction, in effect, is an absolute one.
Space Elevator - QUANTUMVATOR
Author: Chris Briscoe
Publisher: Christopher Briscoe Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is a story about a set of twin brothers - one called Troy, the other nicknamed Brainy -who is a natural scientist - almost born to be a scientist, but not quite because he conducted his first scientific, airborne experiment while sitting in his high-chair using his cooked garden-peas soaked in gravy. After graduating out of his high-chair, he becomes really interested in quantum mechanics when in the ninth-grade he builds himself a quantum elevator which doesn't just go up or down, or even just in all the four directions, but can actually leave this Fourth Dimension and enter the Fifth Dimension. And the brothers have a good reason to leave their nation since they notice it has been slipping nearer and nearer the abyss of a "1984" tyrannical culture due to the U.K. Government's two national Lockdowns and extreme measures for their policies to fight the Corona virus called Covid-19, or Sars-Cov-2. Join Brainy as he launches into space and attempts to reach half-the-speed-of-light travel where the laws of relativity mean his time passes two-thirds slower than his brother's time, who remains, for now, on Earth; thus, experiencing the phenomenon of the twin-paradox. In other words, when Brainy's journey has been just ten years in his ship, for Troy on Earth, it's been twenty-five years, and so their once ten minute gap between them has expanded greatly into a twenty-five year age gap; which creates some interesting scenarios, not least for their class-mates as well as their parents. Yet, a real adventure transpires when in reaching Brainy's goal of travelling at half-the-speed-of-light, it means his time is dilated or becomes really slow on board his starcraft while his brother's time has passed twenty-five years, which for Brainy was just ten years - see what happens when the time-travel Twin paradox becomes reality. Join Brainy, the older of the twins who has an intuition for quantum physics and his younger, brother, Troy, who is much less keen to venture even on the roof of their garden shed, let alone into space at half the speed of light. Join the brothers - or maybe one brother on a journey and an adventure of a lifetime.
Publisher: Christopher Briscoe Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is a story about a set of twin brothers - one called Troy, the other nicknamed Brainy -who is a natural scientist - almost born to be a scientist, but not quite because he conducted his first scientific, airborne experiment while sitting in his high-chair using his cooked garden-peas soaked in gravy. After graduating out of his high-chair, he becomes really interested in quantum mechanics when in the ninth-grade he builds himself a quantum elevator which doesn't just go up or down, or even just in all the four directions, but can actually leave this Fourth Dimension and enter the Fifth Dimension. And the brothers have a good reason to leave their nation since they notice it has been slipping nearer and nearer the abyss of a "1984" tyrannical culture due to the U.K. Government's two national Lockdowns and extreme measures for their policies to fight the Corona virus called Covid-19, or Sars-Cov-2. Join Brainy as he launches into space and attempts to reach half-the-speed-of-light travel where the laws of relativity mean his time passes two-thirds slower than his brother's time, who remains, for now, on Earth; thus, experiencing the phenomenon of the twin-paradox. In other words, when Brainy's journey has been just ten years in his ship, for Troy on Earth, it's been twenty-five years, and so their once ten minute gap between them has expanded greatly into a twenty-five year age gap; which creates some interesting scenarios, not least for their class-mates as well as their parents. Yet, a real adventure transpires when in reaching Brainy's goal of travelling at half-the-speed-of-light, it means his time is dilated or becomes really slow on board his starcraft while his brother's time has passed twenty-five years, which for Brainy was just ten years - see what happens when the time-travel Twin paradox becomes reality. Join Brainy, the older of the twins who has an intuition for quantum physics and his younger, brother, Troy, who is much less keen to venture even on the roof of their garden shed, let alone into space at half the speed of light. Join the brothers - or maybe one brother on a journey and an adventure of a lifetime.