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D.A.
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Looking for books on theories of the evolution of time & space, preferably written for someone without an extensive science background.
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About D.A.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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Carolyn Hembree
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Danny Tyran
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The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
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This book is bit old (circa 1990s) so probably some of its info is outdated and has since been disproven or modified. I believe the author is a physicist, but I read this when I was 16, so probably any lay person can understand it.
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The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1918
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Some lit. guy's dissertation-turned-into a-book. His whole thesis is how art and science had a reciprocal dialog during the modernist era. There's a neat chapter on time where the author claims that scientific/mathematical breakthroughs on time where influenced by artists and writers, who were already conceiving of time as "relative."
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Carolyn Hembree
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Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
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helped me w/ research for my ms and science is NOT my thang. lots o luck and love
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