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Silesius, Angelus, xii Newton, Isaac, xiv-xvi Einstein, Albert, xiv, 37 Wells, H. G., xiv Islam beyond time, xvi Relativity of simultaneity. See Simultaneity Simultaneity, 7-11, 28, 158 Order of events, 11 Davies, Paul, 11, 121 Robb, Alfred, 11 Einstein-Langevin clock, 13-23 Photon clock. See Einstein-Langevin clock Frames of reference, 16, 26, 108 Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction, 17 Krauss, Lawrence, 18, 34 Poincare, Henri, 34 Star Trek, 34 Calendar systems, 19 Herbert, Nick, 122 Time dilation, 14, 116-120. See also Gravitational time dilation. Doppler effect, 117 Mayans, 19 Sumerians, 19 Babylonians, 19 Clocks, 20-21 Atomic clocks, 21 Length contraction, 22-23 Egyptians, 19 Contraction, length, 22-23 Lorentz transformation, 25-45, 100, 143 Proper time, 109, 136 Apparant time, 136 Mass of moving bodies, 27, 33, 124 Scissors, 124 Superluminal motion, 31, 74, 125. See also faster than light; Tachyons Meta-mass, 141 Imaginary mass, 141, 155 Mass, imaginary, 141, 155 Imaginary time, 157 Chronons, 85 Faster than light (FTL), 84, 95, 125. See also Superluminal motion; Tachyons Energy beings, 33 Paradoxes, 34-37, 71-74, 80-83, 110 Twin paradox, 110, 114 Cylindrical spacetime, 114 Spacetime, cylindrical, 114 Heinlein, Robert, 83 Quantum theory, 84 Everett, Hugh, 83 Many-worlds interpretation, 83 Parallel universes, 80-83 Precognitive carousel, 54 Brain's time machine, 47-61 Psychology of time, 47-61 Perception of time, 47-61 Consciousness, 47-61 Hyperland, 57 Infants, 57-58 Drugs, 57-58 Closed spacetime, 112 Spacetime, closed, 112 Here-now in space-time, 63-86, 90 Optical computer, 95 Computer, 95 Hypnosis, 58 Mental illness, 59 Baha'u'llah, 64 Light speed, 94, 150, 154 Elsewhere in space-Time, 63-86 Rules for time travelers Relativity, special theory of, xvi, 37-40 Relativity, general theory of, 39 Spacetime diagrams, 66-70 Light cones, 67-70, 78 Omnipresence, 78, 155 Worldlines, 68, 76-78, 144 Photo worldlines, 144 Future travel, 106-121, 126-127 Travel to future, 106-121, 126-127 Bauer, David, 106 Spacelike events, 70 Timelike events, 79 Gravity, xvi, 39, 115, 136. See also Gravitational time dilation. God, 41-42 Musical scores, 41 Eternitygrams, 42 Rice, Anne, 42 Gravitational time dilation, 39, 131-136. Rotated coordinate system, 99, 143 Black holes, 133-136 Tachyons, 79, 139-158 Intervals, spacetime 98-104, 108 Spacetime intervals, 98-104, 108 distance metric, 98-103, 108 spacetime metric, 108 Minkowskian space, 98-101, 110 Minkowski, Hermann, 104 Spacetime, 105 Riemannian geometry, 101 Flat space, 101, 112 Invariant distance function, 99 Cosmic Moment Lines, 136-158 Transcendent Infinite speeds, 136-158 Hypertime, 40-41 Space, curved, 113 Curved space, 113 Parallel transport, 113 Balloons Strings Kennedy, John, F., 110 Closed timelike curves, 44 Loops, time, 71 Goedelian universes, Wormhole time machine Rotating cylinders Tipler Cylinders, Causality, 49, 125. See also Causality violation Causality violation Causal ordering postulate, 152 Survey, internet Muons, 119-120 Gold, 119-121 Aging, 118, 122 Ultraluminal particles, 146-147 Negative energy, 146-148 Reinterpretation principle (RP), 147-148 Tardyons, 150 Ittyons, 150 Luxons, 151 Cerenkov radiation, 154 Positron, 156 Feynmann, Richard, 156 Science fiction, 158