CD Audiobook
Time travel : a history / James Gleick.
Gleick's story begins at the turn of the twentieth century with the young H.G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation, The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological--the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks. Gleick tracks the evolution of time travel as an idea in the culture--from Marcel Proust to Doctor Who, from Woody Allen to Jorge Luis Borges. He explores the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Finally, he delves into a temporal shift that is unsettling our own moment: the instantaneous wired world, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735285903
- ISBN: 073528590X
- ISBN: 9780735285880
- ISBN: 0735285888
- Physical Description: 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Audio, [2016]
- Distributor: [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from web page. Unabridged. Compact discs. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Rob Shapiro. |
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| Subject: | Space and time > Popular works. Time travel > Popular works. |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Co PL - Monrovia Branch | CD 530.11 GLE 7586 (Text) | 78551000637286 | Audio CD | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Presents an exploration of time travel that details its subversive origins, evolution in literature and science, and enduring influence on the understanding of time itself. - Random House, Inc.
&;A time-jumping, head-tripping odyssey.&; &;The Millions
&;A bracing swim in the waters of science, technology and fiction.&; &;Washington Post
&;A thrilling journey of ideas.&; &;Boston Globe
From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself.
The story begins at the turn of the previous century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book and an international sensation: The Time Machine. It was an era when a host of forces was converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological: the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks. James Gleick tracks the evolution of time travel as an idea that becomes part of contemporary culture&;from Marcel Proust to Doctor Who, from Jorge Luis Borges to Woody Allen. He investigates the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Finally, he delves into a temporal shift that is unsettling our own moment: the instantaneous wired world, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future.
(With a color frontispiece and black-and-white illustrations throughout) 
