Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel
Title:
Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel
Author:
Kaku, Michio.
ISBN:
9780385520690
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Physical Description:
xxi, 329 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Force fields -- Invisibility -- Phasers and death stars -- Teleportation -- Telepathy -- Psychokinesis -- Robots -- Extraterrestrials and UFOs -- Starships -- Antimatter and anti-universes -- Faster than light -- Time travel -- Parallel universes -- Perpetual motion machines -- Precognition -- Epilogue: The future of the impossible.
Abstract:
Looks at the scientific principles behind the technology of the future, examining the theoretical basis, as well as limitations, of the laws of physics to discuss how seemingly impossible devices could become commonplace in the future.
