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About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

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This book is an extraordinary glimpse into the way contemporary science is moving. Much like all of Davies' books, About Time manages to be factually accurate, as clear as it is possible to be and much much more intriguing than ANY science fiction.....

Paul Davies doesn't mince words. I just finished reading this book so I flipped to page 1 and started over again. It's a very enjoyable, exciting journey. I agree with the first reviewer who said it reminded him of reading a novel. The book is somewhat technical and some of it was over my head, but I read it because I knew it would be slightly beyond my grasp. I like the challenge. I liked the chapters on quantum physics the most. Oh, I'm no writer, so I'll just say it's an excellent, entertaining, incredibly thought-provoking journey to a place I wanted to go!

Davies has managed to capture the very essence of physics, and at the same time explains it so clearly that it feels like reading a novel. I bought this book in December of 1996, I was 17 at the time, because I have laways had a flair for the dramatic and seemingly immposible like time travel. Davies not only convinced me that it is actually possible to accomplish time travel and how it can be held in our hands to mold it, but also kept me thinking that in time and with technology constantly increasing, we will soon capture the universe itself. Davies introduces to the reader the bigger picture, how we are so insignificant in our own universe and how we must prevail to understand it like Einstein did. "About Time" is so gracefully and fluidly written that anyone with interest for science or physics can understand even the most complex situations such as the Theory of Relativiy. I highly recomend this book to anyone, it is one of the best books written in the field.

Have you ever asked what time is it? Paul Davies takes 300
pages to answer this question and leaves you wanting 300 more.
From Einstein's theory of relativity to the time dilemmas
of today, this book offers startling insight on a subject many
mistakingly believe conclusive. You'll learn why time travels
faster at heights, whether or not time travel is possible, and
of mystical particles known as tachyons. Presented in a clear
and readibly understandable tone, About Time will make looking
at your watch a whole new experience!