Laser-Powered Time Travel — With Physicist and Professor Emeritus, Ron Mallett

Time travel is not just theoretical, it’s proven. But that
doesn’t mean we are anywhere close to a functioning time machine
just yet. Professor Ron Mallett has been fascinated with the idea
of time travel since he was a little boy. A year after his father
passed away, he discovered a Classics Illustrated edition of H.G.
Wells’ “The Time Machine.” That comic sparked the imagination of
10-year-old Mallett, convincing him to pursue a career in science
and to learn more about controlling the clocks. Decades later, he
believes he has cracked the code on time travel. It just requires
circular lasers and some cosmic intervention. On this episode,
Mallett shares with us the science behind his theories, what it
will take to traverse the past and present, and which Hollywood
movies actually got time travel right. "All Things
Photonics" is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly,
on Tuesdays. Sponsored by: Hamamatsu –  www.Hamamatsu.com
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