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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9780385520690
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0385520697
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 329
Publication Date: March 11, 2008
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Studio: Doubleday
Features:- ISBN13: 9780385520690
- Condition: NEW
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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 readers on an unforgettable, mesmerizing journey into the world of science that both enlightens and entertains.
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Michio Kaku has a wonderful way of putting complex concepts into everyday terms. Each chapter deals with a different topic, and often quotes the history of the idea, its use in current culture (e.g., in movies or books), and a discussion about its plausibilities.
I have a degree in Physics, but that knowledge was not needed to enjoy this book. I recommend it for all adults, and for teens.
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For those who have an interest in science and have a science fantasy inclination, this is the book for you. Professor Kaku writes in a conventional style that both informs and entertains. The book is organized around the Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist, stages of civilization development as his structure. He address the many and varied science fiction features placing each in context drawn from literature, popular culture, motion pictures, and television dramas.
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this book is engaging, from the moment i started reading it i could not stop until i finished. being a fan of science fiction i thoroughly enjoyed reading prof. Kaku's explanations for how the things we once thought of as only being the topic of science fiction are actually possible and some already exist! "Physics of the impossible" is a fantastic literary journey into the realm of possibilities.
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I'm still reading this one, but the author had me at the introduction. I've seeen the author a few times on Fox News and I've meant to research his stuff. Finally the planets aligned and I downloaded on my Kindle. I'm very glad I did.
He makes the unexplainable easy to understand. His vision for the future, based on science, is outstanding and hopeful.
If you have the slightest interest about quantum, string theory or connectedness, you need to check this out.
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Professor Michio Kaku, arguably the next Carl Sagan, continues his work to popularize science with "Physics of the Impossible" by examining the prospects of someday turning technologies out of science fiction into science fact. A theoretical physicist in his own right, Kaku applies the known laws of physics to spacecraft, ray guns, lightsabers, invisibility, self-conscious robots, and other topics, and surprisingly, concludes that most of the dreams of science fiction can be achieved. The only catch, ... Read More
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