Chronodynamics

Chronodynamics is an invented system of time travel found in The Fiction of James Boudreaux II. By adhereing to the principle of self-consistency, put forth by Igor D. Novikov, Chronodynamics offers a reasonable and logical alternative to paradoxes. The Theory of Chronodynamics is summarized in its Three Laws.

The Three Laws of Chronodynamics

First Law

The Law of Temporal Relativity

Past, present, and future are relative to the observer.

Second Law

The Law of Temporal Invariance

Time travel multiplies the traveler, not the event, which remains eternal and immutable.

Third Law

The Law of Conservation of Causality

Cause must precede effect, though it may not Appear to do so to the stationary observer.

Use in fiction

Chronodynamics is employed in the novel Tales From the Chronodynamics Guild: TRICKSHOT as a plot device. In the various Tales contained in the novel, time travel is always portrayed in a chronodynamic light.

More information can be found at Chronodynamic Tales.

Use in the Real World

Chronodynamics is the study and observation of the laws of time. It is relative to ones place in space, and can be affected by changes in space. Space and time are inversely related, such that by stretching space one is shrinking time, and vice versa. This is why time "slows" when one approaches the speed of light, which stretches space.