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The Resource Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel, Michio Kaku

Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel, Michio Kaku

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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. 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 commonplace in the future. From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals--and the limits--of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by categories--Class I, II, and III, depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never. In a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, he explains: How the science of optics and electromagnetism may one day enable us to bend light around an object, like a stream flowing around a boulder, making the object invisible to observers "downstream"; How ramjet rockets, laser sails, antimatter engines, and nanorockets may one day take us to the nearby stars; How telepathy and psychokinesis, once considered pseudoscience, may one day be possible using advances in MRI, computers, superconductivity, and nanotechnology; Why a time machine is apparently consistent with the known laws of quantum physics, although it would take an unbelievably advanced civilization to actually build one. Kaku uses his discussion of each technology as a jumping-off point to explain the science behind it. An extraordinary scientific adventure, Physics of the impossible takes listeners on an unforgettable, mesmerizing journey into the world of science that both enlightens and entertains
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eng
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1 online resource.
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  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
  • Duration: 11:50:12
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  • 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
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9781415946855
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Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel
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Physics of the impossible
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a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel
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Michio Kaku
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eng
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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. 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 commonplace in the future. From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals--and the limits--of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by categories--Class I, II, and III, depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never. In a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, he explains: How the science of optics and electromagnetism may one day enable us to bend light around an object, like a stream flowing around a boulder, making the object invisible to observers "downstream"; How ramjet rockets, laser sails, antimatter engines, and nanorockets may one day take us to the nearby stars; How telepathy and psychokinesis, once considered pseudoscience, may one day be possible using advances in MRI, computers, superconductivity, and nanotechnology; Why a time machine is apparently consistent with the known laws of quantum physics, although it would take an unbelievably advanced civilization to actually build one. Kaku uses his discussion of each technology as a jumping-off point to explain the science behind it. An extraordinary scientific adventure, Physics of the impossible takes listeners on an unforgettable, mesmerizing journey into the world of science that both enlightens and entertains
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Kaku, Michio
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530
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Read by Feodor Chin
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  • Physics
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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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  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
  • Duration: 11:50:12
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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
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1 online resource.
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9781415946855
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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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  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
  • Duration: 11:50:12
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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stereophonic
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spoken word
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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
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ocn218302605
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1 online resource.
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9781415946855
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
unknown
Stock number
0A4763E4-1120-45ED-8C7F-5A5ED0E2C064
System control number
(OCoLC)218302605
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  • Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 170101 KB)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web
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