A few years ago, I read a couple of book by Paul Nahin: Time Travel and Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics and Science Fiction. I was so captivated by these books that I actually sent Dr. Nahin an email asking him about this time travel thought I had: If got into a time machine that traveled only in time, wouldn’t you end up either somewhere in space or possibly inside a mountain because the Earth was moving through space and time?
Anyway, he never responded, so I still don’t know if my logic is correct. But it seems to me that if you time machine stayed in the same place, that wouldn’t mean it was staying in the same room.
As you might be able to tell, I give time travel quite a bit of thought. I think it is one of the most fascinating topics explored by science fiction. Which is why I bring to your attention this story that ran in a U.K. newspaper:
The real life Doctor Who who believes he can build a time machine
Imagine that. A real time machine. And it answers the old question that if time travel were possible, where are all the time travelers — they can’t get here because a time machine hasn’t been invented yet.
Imagine this: The first time machine is turned on and barely a second later, someone from the future pops in. Now you know it works!
