Hindsight

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Hindsight is a science fiction novel written by Peter Wright. The book is about a Massachusetts Institute of Technology team, backed by a secretive anonymous sponsor, determined to create an eye into the past. The team wants to witness events like Leonardo da Vinci painting, Mozart composing, or Isaac Newton calculating the orbit of the planets. The scientists start running into trouble when a group dedicated to keeping the past hidden is determined to stop it. The team must fight against politicians to save their project, and their lives.

In Lost

• The book can be seen in the Swan station by Sawyer's bed as he is recovering from the injuries caused as a result of the raft incident (shown very briefly).

Trivia

• The publish date of this book (2003) was long after the time that the Swan was supposedly built (before 1980, the date of the Swan orientation film). This is likely due to prop error (background filler material used, not meant to be analyzed), given the extremely brief appearance of the book, though fans have used this to support hatch restocking theories.

See also

• Appearances of Literary Works

Books (Theories about books) v • t • e
Literary References	After All These Years • Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret • The Bible • A Brief History of Time • The Brothers Karamazov • Carrie • Catch-22 • Dirty Work • The Epic of Gilgamesh • Evil Under the Sun • Hindsight • Lancelot • Laughter in the Dark • Lord of the Flies • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • The Odyssey • The Mysterious Island • Of Mice and Men • Our Mutual Friend • Rainbow Six • The Shape of Things to Come • Stranger in a Strange Land • The Third Policeman • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Turn of the Screw • VALIS • Watership Down • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • A Wrinkle in Time • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Spin-Off Novels	Bad Twin • Endangered Species • Secret Identity • Signs of Life • The Valenzetti Equation
Confirmed Influence	The Illuminatus! Trilogy • The Stand • Watchmen
Reference	Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide • Finding Lost-Season Three: The Unofficial Guide • Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J. J. Abrams' Lost • Lost's Buried Treasures • The Lost Chronicles: The Official Companion Book • Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide • Living Lost • Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons