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A Brief History of Time Travel

  • 2018
  • 1h 5m
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A Brief History of Time Travel (2018)
Time TravelDocumentarySci-Fi

A journey through the evolution of time travel; from its origins, its evolution and influence in science fiction, to the exciting possibilities in the future.A journey through the evolution of time travel; from its origins, its evolution and influence in science fiction, to the exciting possibilities in the future.A journey through the evolution of time travel; from its origins, its evolution and influence in science fiction, to the exciting possibilities in the future.

  • Director
    • Gisella Bustillos
  • Stars
    • Satyanarayana Dasa
    • Ronald Mallett
    • Ed Farhi
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  • IMDb RATING
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    122
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    • Director
      • Gisella Bustillos
    • Stars
      • Satyanarayana Dasa
      • Ronald Mallett
      • Ed Farhi
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    Satyanarayana Dasa
    Satyanarayana Dasa
    • Self - Founder of the Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies
    • (as Dr. Dasa Satyanarayana)
    Ronald Mallett
    Ronald Mallett
    • Self - Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Connecticut
    • (as Dr. Ronald Mallett)
    Ed Farhi
    Ed Farhi
    • Self - Professor of Physics, MIT
    Bill Nye
    Bill Nye
    • Self - Science Educator, Comedian & Television Host
    Ted Sider
    Ted Sider
    • Self - Professor of Philosophy, NYU
    Daniel Wilson
    Daniel Wilson
    • Self - Author, Television Host & Robotics Engineer
    Ted Chiang
    Ted Chiang
    • Self - Science Fiction Writer
    Erik D. Demaine
    Erik D. Demaine
    • Self - Professor of Computer Science, MIT
    • (as Erik Demaine)
    Tim Schafer
    Tim Schafer
    • Self - Founder of Double Fine Productions
    Alexandra Holmes
    Alexandra Holmes
    • Self - Intuitive Life & Business Strategist
    Wanda Gregory
    Wanda Gregory
    • Self - Lecturer at University of Washington Bothell Campus
    Brooks Peck
    Brooks Peck
    • Self - Curator at the Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle
    Seth Shostak
    Seth Shostak
    • Self - Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute
    Chana Phaedra
    Chana Phaedra
    • Self - President & Researcher, Advanced Euro Biosciences
    Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein
    • Self - Theoretical Physicist
    • (archive footage)
    Enrique Gaspar
    Enrique Gaspar
    • Self - Author, El anacronópete
    • (archive footage)
    Michelle Power
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    H.G. Wells
    H.G. Wells
    • Self - Author, The Time Machine
    • (archive footage)
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      • Gisella Bustillos
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    2pkpera

    Oh yeah, there were times when ...

    Calling this documentary is only partially true. More of it was speculation of diverse scientists about time travel - it's possibility, possible limitations and like.

    Well, what is clear is that their knowledge is limited. And even way of thinking. That Indian (Asian) guy presented much better knowledge about time, and it is not new thing there.

    Let's see little one area where time travel exists: books and movies - pardon, that's 2 areas - well not really separated - as we know there was book 'Time Machine' from H. G. Wells, and later was movie, actually 2 of them so far. And no one of those scientists mentioned something very interesting and by me important: Wells-es novel time machine was strictly that - travel only in time. What we can read and watch, and was created later has in most (like 99%) cases combined time and space travel. User needs to set not only destination time but location too. And that's not just time travel then.

    I liked in Wells novel that it was pure time travel. Much smarter. And that resulted in interesting situations too.

    Ah, and that talk about that wee see past when looking at far stars, galaxies. Not correct. We see the light, not them. And we see the light in moment when it arrives in our eyes. So, we don't see the past. We see presentation of past. If think better, same stays for close objects too - picoseconds instead billions of years, but it is time too. And when are at sci-fi : are those far galaxies real, or maybe just someone projects such image for us ? Hey, idea for movie :-)

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      • 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
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      • 1h 5m(65 min)
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