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EPISODE · Oct 5, 2025 · 11 MIN

#7 A Journey Through the History of an Impossible Idea | Book Time Travel

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Have you ever wondered if time travel is truly possible? 🚀In this video, we explore James Gleick’s Time Travel (2016), a fascinating book that traces the origins of one of humanity’s most captivating ideas. From H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Einstein’s theory of relativity, and from paradoxes like the grandfather paradox to the role of memory and the internet, this book shows us why time travel has captured our imagination for more than a century.📚 Time Travel is not just about science fiction—it’s about how humans think about the past, present, and future, and how our perception of time shapes the way we live.👉 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to LeanReads for more insightful book breakdowns!Read book summary: https://leanreads.com/9ajqWatch Video: https://youtu.be/bnpa085riS0📖 Want to read the full book? Check out the link below to support the author.Amazon Kindle: https://amzn.to/45rO0iCPaper book link 1: https://bookshop.org/a/115923/9780804168922Paper book link 2: https://amzn.to/4p1XbOQKindle book: https://amzn.to/47iMyke

Have you ever wondered if time travel is truly possible? 🚀In this video, we explore James Gleick’s Time Travel (2016), a fascinating book that traces the origins of one of humanity’s most captivating ideas. From H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Einstein’s theory of relativity, and from paradoxes like the grandfather paradox to the role of memory and the internet, this book shows us why time travel has captured our imagination for more than a century.📚 Time Travel is not just about science fiction—it’s about how humans think about the past, present, and future, and how our perception of time shapes the way we live.👉 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to LeanReads for more insightful book breakdowns!Read book summary: https://leanreads.com/9ajqWatch Video: https://youtu.be/bnpa085riS0📖 Want to read the full book? Check out the link below to support the author.Amazon Kindle: https://amzn.to/45rO0iCPaper book link 1: https://bookshop.org/a/115923/9780804168922Paper book link 2: https://amzn.to/4p1XbOQKindle book: https://amzn.to/47iMyke

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