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miocenemama's review against another edition
3.0
I found the title of this book to be somewhat misleading. I really expected more science, possibly because I am a physics nerd. What it actually is is a history of time travel in pop culture with a look at how the creators imagined that happening. There is some discussion as to the feasibility of each method, and some sections do have a decent explanation of some scientific theories. For the most part, however, I thought this book read a little like someone's research paper, including a plethora of footnotes. Each section seemed to have been written independently resulting in a certain amount of redundancy. I did appreciate the author's philosophical views neatly couched in the analysis of each work under consideration which often called on the reader to help create a better world. I also found myself with a list of book and movie recommendations that I would like to pursue.
mischiefphantom's review against another edition
Much of it is not actually scientific information about time travel in any sense, but rather essays on social themes and such in works of fiction that involve time travel (not necessarily a bad thing, but not at all what it is presented as based on any of the information on the cover). The science that is present tended to be quite brief and rather surface-level, and I question how well-researched it is- online sources aren't inherently bad, but in a scientific book, I would expect more of them to be from databases or journals or something similar, rather than a majority just being various websites, one of which (not for the science- for a fact relating to a TV show) is Screen Rant, a source that, in my experience, very rarely actually knows what it's talking about. Overall, not what I was looking for at all, and not especially informative in general.
rlaferney's review against another edition
2.0
This was a quick read. And while I certainly enjoyed The Science of Time Travel, I also found that it lacked the depth I was looking for. And I'm a bit dubious about the scholarship that went into this book. However, this is a fun, quick romp through the history of time travel stories in literature and film and the scientific/social/ethical aspects of each time science fiction story explored. This is a fun read, and I did learn information about new scientific concepts, I just think the execution could of been a little more in-depth.
bookhookgeek's review against another edition
1.0
Not actually about the "science" of time travel but rather how various science fiction stories can be vaguely related to valuable life lessons for young teens. All the citations are to web articles, and the whole book seems like something hastily slapped together.
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