An honors graduate of Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, Matthew (“Matt”) Kafker currently pursues university studies in mathematics, physics, and literature. To further his understanding of science, Matt Kafker reads a number of different authors who focus on subjects like physics, including James Gleick. Known for his books Chaos and The Information, James Gleick published Time Travel: A History in 2016.
Named one of the best books of the year by both The Boston Globe and The Atlantic, Time Travel looks at the concept of moving through time through the lens of both popular culture and science. From its origins in literature when the very idea seemed ludicrous to modern debates among physicists and technologists, Gleick looks at how the public perception of time travel has evolved and the boundary between fiction and reality has shifted.
What makes Gleick’s narrative about time travel so compelling is the way in which he relates it to the modern age of connectivity and instantaneous experience. He relates the obsession with time travel to the all-consuming present moment in a way that will make people think about the world in new terms.
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