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Published: Sept. 12, 2017, 8:24 a.m.

H.G. Wells \n\n

The book, his prescience, and his coinage of the term \u201ctime machine.\u201d His scientific literacy and the ideas in the physics and mathematics of his time. Other times he was on the show.

\n\n Moving through time \n\n

Dimensions and physics and moving through the invisible dimension of time.

\n\n Humanity and war \n\n

Time traveling between wars. The inevitability of global conflict in the late 19th century. \xa0The inevitability of nuclear apocalypse in 1960. The inevitability of humanity overreaching in manipulation of the natural world in 2002. Really large explosions, nuclear and otherwise. Krakatoa vs Tsar Bomba. The year without a summer.

\n\n Geological scales \n\n

Time traveling across geological time scales. Tracking in relative space and over miles across the planet\u2019s surface. \u201cTime and space machine.\u201d Staccato time travel.

\n\n Eloi and Morlocks \n\n

Human evolution and selective pressures. Humans as cattle. Inefficiency in turning sunlight into steak. Maintaining 19th-century English over millennia.

\n\n Time travel paradoxes \n\n

Single-timeline self-consistency. Time travel victory strategies.

\n\n Books \n\n

What books would you bring with you to repair future society?

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Weenas

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1. \n\t\t\t\tThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells: iTunesAmazon\n\t\t\t
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2. \n\t\t\t\tThe Time Machine (2002): iTunesAmazon\n\t\t\t
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