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Time Travel
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Related NOVA Resources
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The following resources from the companion Web site accompany this program:
Sagan on Time Travel
Listen to or read late astronomer Carl Sagan's views on such
topics as the nature of time, the ability to travel back in
time, and how speed of light is connected to time travel.
(RealPlayer plug-in required; non-RealPlayer version available.)
(Grades 9-12)
Traveling Through Time
In this excerpt from his 1998 book, Time: A Traveler's Guide,
science writer Clifford Pickover explains why he thinks time
travel is possible. (Grades 9-12)
Timespeak
Step into the world of physics with these definitions of
concepts scientists rely on—such as absolute space, quantum
foam, and spacetime—when musing about the possibility of
time travel. (Grades 9-12)
Think Like Einstein (Hot Science)
Albert Einstein showed that space is curved, time is relative,
and time travel is theoretically possible. Here, students can
do a simple thought experiment and learn to think like the
century's greatest scientist. (No plug-in required.) (Grades 9-12)
Plus:
Resources
Program Transcript
Complete narration for the TV program.
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