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Author: Tom Griffiths Publisher: Black Inc. ISBN: 1925203123 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 395
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No matter how practised we are at history, it always humbles us. No matter how often we visit the past, it always surprises us. Winner of the Ernest Scott Prize and Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction 'A rare feat of imagination and generosity.' – Mark McKenna With every sentence they write, historians must walk the tightrope between discipline and imagination, empathy and evidence. In this landmark work, eminent historian and award-winning author Tom Griffiths shares his passion for the fascinating, complex craft of history – or, as he calls it, the art of time travel. In fourteen portraits, Griffiths illuminates how historians such as Inga Clendinnen, Judith Wright, Geoffrey Blainey and Henry Reynolds have approached their craft. In prose both earthy and elegant, he shows the new insights they have brought to Australian history, and in so doing reshapes our shared knowledge of this continent. The Art of Time Travel is an exhilarating book that will forever change the way you think of Australia's past. 'If the past is a foreign country, Tom Griffiths makes the perfect travelling companion. Let him be your eyes and ears on our shared history. Most of all, follow his heart.' – Clare Wright
Author: Tom Griffiths Publisher: Black Inc. ISBN: 1925203123 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 395
Book Description
No matter how practised we are at history, it always humbles us. No matter how often we visit the past, it always surprises us. Winner of the Ernest Scott Prize and Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction 'A rare feat of imagination and generosity.' – Mark McKenna With every sentence they write, historians must walk the tightrope between discipline and imagination, empathy and evidence. In this landmark work, eminent historian and award-winning author Tom Griffiths shares his passion for the fascinating, complex craft of history – or, as he calls it, the art of time travel. In fourteen portraits, Griffiths illuminates how historians such as Inga Clendinnen, Judith Wright, Geoffrey Blainey and Henry Reynolds have approached their craft. In prose both earthy and elegant, he shows the new insights they have brought to Australian history, and in so doing reshapes our shared knowledge of this continent. The Art of Time Travel is an exhilarating book that will forever change the way you think of Australia's past. 'If the past is a foreign country, Tom Griffiths makes the perfect travelling companion. Let him be your eyes and ears on our shared history. Most of all, follow his heart.' – Clare Wright
Author: Nikk Effingham Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192580051 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 256
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There are various arguments for the metaphysical impossibility of time travel. Is it impossible because objects could then be in two places at once? Or is it impossible because some objects could bring about their own existence? In this book, Nikk Effingham contends that no such argument is sound and that time travel is metaphysically possible. His main focus is on the Grandfather Paradox: the position that time travel is impossible because someone could not go back in time and kill their own grandfather before he met their grandmother. In such a case, Effingham argues that the time traveller would have the ability to do the impossible (so they could kill their grandfather) even though those impossibilities will never come about (so they won't kill their grandfather). He then explores the ramifications of this view, discussing issues in probability and decision theory. The book ends by laying out the dangers of time travel and why, even though no time machines currently exist, we should pay extra special care ensuring that nothing, no matter how small or microscopic, ever travels in time.
Author: Lisa Mullarkey Publisher: Calico Chapter Books ISBN: 9781624020865 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Ella Fitzgerald was the queen of jazz. Mary Shelley created a monster. Claude Monet captured moments time with his paintbrush. William Shakespeare used language like no author before him. But what if their great works of art never existed? In the Art Of Time Travel, readers follow modern young people back in time and encounter each of these artists at a defining point in their lives. The artist is on the verge of making a choice that would deprive the world of his or her great art. Can our time travelers influence the past so the art will exist in the future? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author: Pattimari Sheets-Cacciolfi Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359606296 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
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A brilliant light coming through Peoria's bedroom window startles her to a trembling state - suddenly she is lifted up into a portal and time-travels into the era 1847 England from 2019 America. She can't get anyone to believe her in England until she goes back to 2019 and brings back one of her published books to prove she indeed lives in another era. Her friend, Jetty holds her hand one night and goes with her to England - they get lost in time-travel and struggle to find their way back home.
Author: Corona Brezina Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1508180466 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 66
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The topic of time travel provides tantalizing conundrums to consider for STEM experts and sci-fi creators alike. Most scientists and mathematicians agree that time travel by humans is probably impossible, yet they have not been able to offer conclusive proof. This book describes how the very nature of time remains a fascinating and complex subject, whether viewed from the perspective of Einstein's relativity or the nanoscale realm of quantum physics. Readers will recognize notable fictional works in literature, film, and television in which time travel serves as a useful plot device as well as a means of examining human history and contemporary social issues.
Author: Karl Jacobs Publisher: Dark Horse Comics ISBN: 1506742033 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 130
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An all-ages action adventure comics story from content creator and internet superstar Karl Jacobs! Oliver has a problem—a time travel problem. An unknown force keeps throwing him through time, from the Wild West to the 1920s to a haunted beach house. All while a mysterious stranger pursues him, seeking Oliver’s abilities and to gain power over time itself! This volume collects the comics series debut from Karl Jacobs, in collaboration with writer David Scheidt (Mayor Good Boy, Avatar the Last Airbender, Star Wars Adventures), artists Kicking Shoes (Pandora’s Legacy, The Power of the Dark Crystal, R.L. Stine Just Beyond: The Scare School), and letterer Joamette Gil. Collects Time Traveler Tales #1–#5.
Author: Bob Bienvenu Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1543429955 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 326
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This is the second book I have authored under the inspiration of the Lord. My first book, From Light to Darkness to Glory, is my biography. My current book, The Time Traveler: Gerards Odyssey, will be available soon. The second book in the trilogy is entitled Time Tripping and Other Planets, and the Anthology of the Time Traveler will be coming out late 2016. With Gods help, I shall succeed. My hope is to create a trilogy stemming from the Time Traveler for readers young and old who believe in time travel and how it could positively affect our way of life in the future.