Summary of Kate Mascarenhas' The Psychology of Time Travel

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Get the Summary of Kate Mascarenhas' The Psychology of Time Travel in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project—and future of time travel—in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team—erasing her contributions from history.

Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother, Granny Bee, was one of the pioneers, though no one will tell her more. But when Bee receives a mysterious newspaper clipping from the future reporting the murder of an unidentified woman, Ruby becomes obsessed: could it be Bee? Who would want her dead? And most importantly of all: can her murder be stopped?

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669343400

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#1

The women spent two years developing a time machine in a lab in Cumbria. It was a hollow steel machine about the size of a hatbox, and it could propel a marble up to thirty seconds through time. On most attempts, the marble arrived intact. Today, Patrick, the rabbit, would be the first living human time traveller.

#2

The scientists were over the moon to have created a rabbit that could travel through time, and they decided to keep it alive. They needed to attract more funding to continue their work, and they thought the press would be interested in the first rabbit time traveller.

#3

The first test subject was a dog named Tim, who went through the wormhole and returned unharmed. The scientists were overjoyed, but Tim’s owners weren’t so happy about him disappearing for a week.

#4

The final piece of the time machine was completed by the first week of December. The five engineers agreed to stay in the lab, rather than travel, in order to complete their work. They were going to change the world.

#5

On Christmas morning, the pioneers donned their boiler suits and headed to the time machine.

#6

The author was one of the first people to travel through time. She returned to the present, but her world appeared brighter and more colorful than before.

#7

The next day, on Boxing Day, the time travelers made their second trip into the future. They were so excited by the experience that they wanted to do it again the next day.

#8

The interview was over. ‘But, Dr Waters!’ the newsreader exclaimed. ‘Our viewers will be very disturbed by this outburst. Don’t you have an explanation.

#9

It was only when she was in the psychiatric hospital that Barbara saw footage