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Light Years and Time Travel: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light

by Brian Clegg

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Praise for Light Years and Time Travel
"This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light, ' from Aristotle's plans for a death ray (burning enemy ships with a giant array of mirrors) to a recent experiment that seems to have sent Mozart's 40th Symphony faster than light, and thus back through time. Clegg is very good at explaining the bizarre properties of light."-The Guardian
"A fascinating book on a fascinating subject. It brings together all aspects of light in an unusual and compelling manner."-Sir Patrick Moore
"Light's properties often seem mysterious to the point of being unfathomable. Yet in this extraordinary book, Brian Clegg manages to explain them through the lives of those so fixated with light that they have shaped our perception of it. . . . Clegg's accessible writing style manages to encapsulate the lives of light's disciples with humorous and interesting anecdotes . . . quite awesome!"-New Scientist

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Book details

Author
Brian Clegg
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Pages
320
Formats
Hardcover, Paperback
Subjects
Science › Physics › Optics & Light
Topics
optics · history of science · astrophysics · popular science · properties of light · astronomy
ISBN-13
9780471211822 (Hardcover)9781620458167 (Paperback)

About the author

BRIAN CLEGG is the author of more than 40 popular science books, including biographies of Roger Bacon and Eadweard Muybridge. His recent books include A Brief History of Infinity.

Clegg is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the Institute of Physics. A Brief History of Infinity was longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for science books. He holds an MA in Operational Research from Lancaster University and a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

When he’s not writing, Clegg draws on a career that included operational research and computing at British Airways, followed by running his own consultancy in creative problem solving. That background in analytical and creative thinking informs his approach to making complex science accessible.

Brian lives in Wiltshire, England.

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