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Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel / Michio Kaku.
Publication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2009, c2008.Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: xxi, 329 p. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307278821 (pbk.) :
- 0307278824 (pbk.) :
- QC75 .K18 2009
Contents:
Summary: A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks--revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.
Class I impossibilities: Force fields -- Invisibility -- Phasers and death stars -- Teleportation -- Telepathy -- Psychokinesis -- Robots -- Extraterrestrials and UFOs -- Starships -- Antimatter and Anti-universe -- Class II impossibilities: Faster than light -- Time travel -- Parallel universes -- Class III impossibilities: Perpetual motion machines -- Precognition -- Epilogue: The future of the impossible.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QC 75 .K18 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 603562 |
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-318) and index.
Class I impossibilities: Force fields -- Invisibility -- Phasers and death stars -- Teleportation -- Telepathy -- Psychokinesis -- Robots -- Extraterrestrials and UFOs -- Starships -- Antimatter and Anti-universe -- Class II impossibilities: Faster than light -- Time travel -- Parallel universes -- Class III impossibilities: Perpetual motion machines -- Precognition -- Epilogue: The future of the impossible.
A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks--revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.
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