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Time Travel Done Right: A Book Excerpt

Explore the intriguing rules for time travel and the paradoxes that come with backwards journeys through time.

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From Eternity to Here addresses the problem of the arrow of time -- why is the past different from the future? But Chapter Six is all about time travel, and in particular the interesting version in which you travel backwards in time. Whether it's possible, what rules it would have to obey, and so on. And now -- even though I'm sure there aren't more than two or three of you out there who haven't purchased the book already -- you can get a sneak peek of part of that chapter. It's going to be the cover story in the March issue of Discover, and the story is already available online.

And here's a bit of multimedia bonus: to get the cool exploding-clock image, the intrepid editors worked with Biwa Studios to film high-speed video of exploding clocks, and you can see the whole videos online. They run the events ...

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