Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, telepo...
Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, telepo...
Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel / Michio Kaku.
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New York : Doubleday, c2008.
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N530/174
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English
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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 -- Epil...
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, c2008.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2008.
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"One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In Physics of the Impossible, the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplac...
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Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel / Michio Kaku.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-318) and index.
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c2008.
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N530/174
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74VM8EWapQ4b
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0385520697 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780385520690 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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530
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991000186209702626
