{"product_id":"faster-than-light-isbn-9780452263178","title":"Faster Than Light","description":"\"Even though most physicists believe that the speed of light is as fast as anyone can go, Einstein's theory of special relativity does not rule out faster-than-light (FTL) travel. On the contrary, it seems to indicate that certain superluminal or FTL effects would permit us to re-experience the past: time travel would become a reality, not science fiction. Through this crack in the cosmic egg steps Herbert, a Stanford physicist and author of \u003ci\u003eQuantum Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, who summarizes clearly current speculation and theory about faster-than-light travel. Along with space warps, black holes and tachyons (hypothetical FTL particles), he looks at the so-called 'quantum connection'—an alleged force said to instantaneously link any two subatomic particles long after they have bumped into each other. Free of the woolgathering that tints much writing on the 'new physics', this brave, exciting book should send scientists back to their drawing boards; for the nonspecialist reader, it reveals a world much stranger than \u003ci\u003eStar Trek.\u003c\/i\u003e\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Original, challenging, and audacious.\"—\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Magazine\u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Fence-Makers and Fence-Breakers: A Fascination with Limits\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Is Time Travel Possible? Einstein Says No; Minkowski Says Maybe\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Things That Go Faster Than Light\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Phase Waves: Superluminal Vibes in the Upper Atmosphere\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Advanced Waves: Oscillations That Travel Backward in Time\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Space Warps: Superluminal Shortcuts in Curved Space-Time\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Deviant Denizens of the Timestream: Tachyons, Antiparticles, and Neutral Kaons\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Quantum Connection: Superluminal Shortcut in Configuration Space\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Softening the Superluminal Paradox\u003cbr\u003eRelated Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cb\u003eNick Herbert\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eQuantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaster Than Light:  Superluminal Loopholes in Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElemental Mind: Human Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Herbert holds a PhD in experimental physics from Stanford University. He has taught science at all levels, from graduate school to kindergarten. With his wife Betsy, he developed a hands-on home-schooling science curriculum.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302198333669,"sku":"NP9780452263178","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452263178.jpg?v=1767726754","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/faster-than-light-isbn-9780452263178","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}