Time Travel is as elegant and eloquent as it is edifying.” Even though Gleick can elucidate complex ideas into accessible language, he’s even better at explicating notions that remain perplexing. Gleick’s hybrid of history, literary criticism, theoretical physics, and philosophical meditation is itself a time-jumping, head-tripping odyssey, and it works so well. One of the great charms of this book is its author’s willingness to embrace multiple points of view and to credit art and experience as much as theory.” “Like Wallace, Gleick’s a wide-ranging enthusiast and a graceful explainer. Knowledgeable, curious and humane, Gleick proves to be the perfect tour guide for this mind-bending intellectual expedition into the past, present and future. “Far ranging, accessible, and witty, Time Travel tackles its elusive subject from unusual angles but with fine-tuned focus. “A bracing swim in the waters of science, technology and fiction.” There isn’t a paragraph in Gleick’s book without good sentences and fascinating information.” A fascinating argument that the most important time is the present.” A wonderful reminder that the most potent time-traveling technology we have is also the oldest technology we have: storytelling.” “A fascinating mash-up of philosophy, literary criticism, physics and cultural observation. A veritable theme park of playful attractions, which Mr.
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