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020			_a9781783740390 _q(pdf)
020			_a9781783740406 _q(epub)
020			_a9781783740413 _q(mobi)
020			_z9781783740376 (Paperback)
020			_z9781783740383 (Hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)900889225
040			_aStSaUL _beng _erda
100	1		_aCarroll, John W., _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA time travel dialogue _h[electronic resource] / _cJohn W. Carroll, et al..
264		1	_bOpen Book Publishers,
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 83 pages) : _billustrations (some colour)
500			_aAvailable through Open Book Publishers.
500			_aStatement of responsibility is transcribed as it appears on the title-page: John W. Carroll, et al..
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references in notes (pages 77-78).
505	0		_aList of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Monday -- 2. Tuesday -- 3. Wednesday -- 4. Thursday -- 5. Friday -- Notes -- Credits and Acknowledgements.
506			_aOpen access resource providing free access.
520			_a"Is time travel just a confusing plot device deployed by science fiction authors and Hollywood filmmakers to amaze and amuse? Or might empirical data prompt a scientific hypothesis of time travel? Structured on a fascinating dialogue involving a distinguished physicist, Dr. Rufus, a physics graduate student and a computer scientist this book probes an experimentally supported hypothesis of backwards time travel - and in so doing addresses key metaphysical issues, such as causation, identity over time and free will. The setting is the Jefferson National Laboratory during a period of five days in 2010. Dr. Rufus's experimental search for the psi-lepton and the resulting intractable data spurs the discussion on time travel. She and her two colleagues are pushed by their observations to address the grandfather paradox and other puzzles about backwards causation, with attention also given to causal loops, multi-dimensional time, and the prospect that only the present exists. Sensible solutions to the main puzzles emerge, ultimately advancing the case for time travel really being possible. A Time Travel Dialogue addresses the possibility of time travel, approaching familiar paradoxes in a rigorous, engaging, and fun manner. It follows in the long philosophical tradition of using dialogue to present philosophical ideas and arguments, but is ground breaking in its use of the dialogue format to introduce readers to the metaphysics of time travel, and is also distinctive in its use of lab results to drive philosophical analysis. The discussion of data that might decide whether time is one-dimensional (one timeline) or multi-dimensional (branching time) is especially novel."--Publisher's website.
530			_aThe PDF and epub editions of this book contain animated graphs. If your device supports MP4 video files, you can click on the image to trigger the animation. The animations are also available on the publisher's website.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
540			_aThis work, including all images and animations, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
650		0	_aMetaphysics.
650		0	_aTime travel.
710	2		_aOpen Book Publishers, _epublisher.
856	4	0	_uhttp://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0043 _zConnect to e-book
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/cover/256 _zConnect to cover image
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