Re: [Phys-l] Time-travel physicist

[Tom Metcalf <tmetcalf@mailaps.org>]

I have never seen the presentation, but there was a segment of the NPR  
radio program "This American Life" about Dr. Mallett (who is a  
professor of physics at the University of Connecticut) and his  
research into time travel:
<http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=324>

Coincidentally, this week this episode is available as a free MP3  
podcast, else you can listen online for free, or download the episode  
for $1.

Like most This American Life episodes, I found it to be quite an  
interesting story.

Prof. Mallett's home page:
<http://www.phys.uconn.edu/People/Faculty/mallett.html>

--Tom Metcalf


On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Frederick Lemmerhirt wrote:

> Today I received an announcement of a local (on-campus) appearance  
> of a
> presentation called The Science of Time Travel by Dr. Ron Mallett.   
> Part
> of the description is:
>
> "Time travel has always been more science fiction than actual science.
> This may soon change. Dr. Ronald Mallett, author of Time Traveler,
> recently discovered the basic equations that he believes can be used  
> to
> travel in time.
>
> Come and listen to Dr. Mallet as he discusses his latest book, Time
> Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a  
> Reality.
> With his own groundbreaking research in theoretical physics spanning
> thirty years, Dr. Mallet has culminated in his discovery of the  
> effects
> of circulating laser light, which he believes drags time into a closed
> loop."
>
> Is anyone familiar with this particular presentation, the speaker, or
> the validity of the physics referred to?  (Students will probably be
> asking me how legitimate this is.)
>
>
> Fred Lemmerhirt
> Waubonsee Community College
> Sugar Grove, Illinois
> flemmerhirt@waubonsee.edu
> http://www3.waubonsee.edu/~flemmerhirt/physics.html
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