Time Travel
Time Travel
Mark Jacob de Paz
Course: Comm 2
Instructor: Mrs. Noemi Agner
Date: March 14, 2011
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Time Travel
Thesis Statement
Time travel is possible.
Outline:
Time travel
A. Definition of time travel
B. Origins of the concept Theories about time travel
A. Time travel forwards
1. Time dilation
2. Time perception B. Time travel backwards
1. Using wormholes
2. Special spacetime geometries Philosophical understandings
A. Grandfather paradox
B. Novikov self-consistency principle Conclusion
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Time Travel
People often wish that they could go back to the past and correct their wrong behaviors or go to the future and see what it turns out to be like. The idea of time travel has been the topic of science fiction movies and novels, and has been studied by great scientists throughout history. “Ideas of time travel have existed for centuries, but when Albert Einstein released his theory of special relativity, he laid the foundation for the theoretical possibility of time travel. As we all know, no one has successfully demonstrated time travel, but no one has been able to rule it out either. Time has fascinated people throughout the dawn of civilization. People have spent their life thinking about these concepts and the ideas behind them” (Kulkarni,2011). Although the possibility of time travel has been criticized, a lot of modern scientists still argue that time travel is possible. This paper attempts to prove that time travel is possible. To better understand this assertion, we first need to study where this concept started and primarily the theories supporting this claim. Then, how it would be possible to travel to the future and to the past. Also, the philosophical understandings which include paradoxes and other arguments that tend to disprove the possibility of time travel.
Ideas about time travel has been passed from generations to generations and it could be traced back to the years before the birth of Jesus
Mark Jacob de Paz
Course: Comm 2
Instructor: Mrs. Noemi Agner
Date: March 14, 2011
2
Time Travel
Thesis Statement
Time travel is possible.
Outline:
Time travel
A. Definition of time travel
B. Origins of the concept Theories about time travel
A. Time travel forwards
1. Time dilation
2. Time perception B. Time travel backwards
1. Using wormholes
2. Special spacetime geometries Philosophical understandings
A. Grandfather paradox
B. Novikov self-consistency principle Conclusion
3
Time Travel
People often wish that they could go back to the past and correct their wrong behaviors or go to the future and see what it turns out to be like. The idea of time travel has been the topic of science fiction movies and novels, and has been studied by great scientists throughout history. “Ideas of time travel have existed for centuries, but when Albert Einstein released his theory of special relativity, he laid the foundation for the theoretical possibility of time travel. As we all know, no one has successfully demonstrated time travel, but no one has been able to rule it out either. Time has fascinated people throughout the dawn of civilization. People have spent their life thinking about these concepts and the ideas behind them” (Kulkarni,2011). Although the possibility of time travel has been criticized, a lot of modern scientists still argue that time travel is possible. This paper attempts to prove that time travel is possible. To better understand this assertion, we first need to study where this concept started and primarily the theories supporting this claim. Then, how it would be possible to travel to the future and to the past. Also, the philosophical understandings which include paradoxes and other arguments that tend to disprove the possibility of time travel.
Ideas about time travel has been passed from generations to generations and it could be traced back to the years before the birth of Jesus
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