| Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel Contributor(s): Kaku, Michio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307278824 ISBN-13: 9780307278821 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - General - Science | Applied Sciences - Science | Experiments & Projects |
| Dewey: 530 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.60 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships--the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku 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.Entertaining, informative, and imaginative, Physics of the Impossible probes the very limits of human ingenuity and scientific possibility. |