Four-Dimensional Wanderings
October 20, 2015
In honour of Back to the Future day, Dr Peter Millington from our School of Physics explores what science really has to say about time travel. Our everyday experience leads us to believe that time is immutable; that there is some universal clock whose ticking we are powerless to stop. Our lives, unlike Benjamin Button’s, …
Which one’s your Pop culture?
In honour of Back to the Future Day, Dr Nathan Waddell from our School of English has re-watched all three films in the trilogy and needs to talk to you about temporal shifts. Great Scott! You’ve got to come back with me. BACK TO THE FUTURE! Back to the 2015 of Back to the Future …
Welcome to the Future
Dr Liz Evans from our Department of Culture, Film and Media introduces Back to the Future Day. Those of you who haven’t been patiently waiting for today for the last 26 years may not realise that we’ve officially reached ‘The Future’. 21st October 2015 is Back to the Future Day, the day that Marty McFly …
Back to the Future and a Philosophical can-can
In honour of Back to the Future Day tomorrow, Jonathan Tallant from our Department of Philosophy considers a key conundrum of Marty McFly’s adventures in time. I suspect that you know the story. Our hero, Marty McFly, is sent to the 1950s via the scientific shenanigans of his good friend Doc Brown. Whilst in the …
Nina Allan on clocks, watches and time travel
October 19, 2015
British Science-fiction author Nina Allan explains the inspiration behind her award-winning collection of short stories, ‘The Silver Wind’. ‘The Silver Wind’ consists of six interlinked stories. All are on the theme of time travel, or travelling through time. Although each of these separate ‘chapters’ can be read as a standalone story, I have always thought …
