{"id":220867,"date":"2024-04-05T15:45:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/the-mathematician-who-worked-out-how-to-time-travel\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:14","slug":"the-mathematician-who-worked-out-how-to-time-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/the-mathematician-who-worked-out-how-to-time-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"The mathematician who worked out how to time travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/04151909\/SEI_198209407.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2425626 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Quality Stock \/ Alamy\" data-caption=\"G\u00f6del proved that, mathematically speaking, time travel is physically possible\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">G\u00f6del proved that, mathematically speaking, time travel is physically possible<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Quality Stock \/ Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we <\/em><em>hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time for free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/sign-up\/lost-in-space-time\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There may be no better way to get truly lost in space-time than to travel to the past and fiddle around with causality. 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