Overview
- A fun and humorous twist on the traditional time travel tale
- Explores quantum conundrums, multiple realities, and parallel universes in an engaging and accessible way
- Includes rich, well-researched descriptions of ancient Minoan culture and 19th century paleontology
Part of the book series: Science and Fiction (SCIFICT)
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Table of contents (80 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Novel
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Time travel fiction
- general relativity and quantum gravity fiction
- History of paleontology
- Minoan culture
- Thera volcano
- Atlantis and Plato’s writings
- Waterhouse Hawkins
- Central Park history
- Ancient languages (Linear A)
- Dinosaur metabolism and anatomy
- paleontology fiction
- time travel 20th century
- 20th century new york fiction
About this book
One wants to preserve history.
Another seeks to resurrect a legendary army.
A third plans to infuse the past with technology to save millions.
If you could go back in time, what would you do?
Something strange is going on at ChronoCorp. Coffin-shaped pods and glowing talismans, feathered dinosaurs and ancient murals; the private laboratory’s quirky scientists have been quite busy, indeed. The reason? Katya, Xavier, Todd, and colleagues are on a singular scientific mission: to surpass the limits of modern physics and unlock the power of time travel.
Their early experiments have proved a resounding success, taking them to far-flung places in both time and space, from nineteenth-century New York to ancient Thera. But as their research progresses, the stakes get ever higher. Enter a world of competing interests and conflicting timelines, where nothing is quite what it seems. Why is Xavier acting so oddly? Where exactly did theireccentric benefactor Mila van Dijk get her wealth? What is the Primus Imperium, and what does its mysterious head—known only as “The Ambassador”—want from them?
Come along as the colleagues at ChronoCorp and their ragtag allies race to sew up several unravelling timelines, battling those who would harm them in the past and present to preserve what is left of their future.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Carroll is recipient of the AAS Division of Planetary Science’s Jonathan Eberhart Award for best planetary science article of the year. He is a Fellow and founding member of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts, and recipient of the Lucien Rudaux award for lifetime achievement in the astronomical arts. He was a fellow in the 2016-17 Antarctic Artists and Writers Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation. One of his paintings is on the surface of Mars—in digital form—aboard the Phoenix lander.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plato’s Labyrinth
Book Subtitle: Dinosaurs, Ancient Greeks, and Time Travelers
Authors: Michael Carroll
Series Title: Science and Fiction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91709-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91708-1Published: 04 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91709-8Published: 03 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2197-1188
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1196
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 414
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Archaeology, Paleontology