Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time TravelNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, the renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what our current understanding of the universe's physical laws may permit in the near and distant future. Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Entertaining, informative, and imaginative, Physics of the Impossible probes the very limits of human ingenuity and scientific possibility. |
Contents
Class Impossibilities | 5 |
Antimatter and Antiuniverses | 179 |
Faster Than Light | 197 |
Time Travel | 216 |
Parallel Universes | 229 |
Perpetual Motion Machines | 257 |
Precognition | 272 |
The Future of the Impossible | 284 |
Notes | 305 |
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of ... Michio Kaku No preview available - 2008 |
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of ... Michio Kaku No preview available - 2009 |
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