Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
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 (such as phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel) 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. 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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Awesome book and author. They should have used him instead! Kaku is highly enthusiatic about the subject and the person reading it has no passion and puts you in a unpleasant coma.
Incredibly Fantastic! A Must-Read That Will Blow Your Ever-Expanding Quantum Mind!!
Michio Kaku is a brilliant visionary that makes wonderful Physics FUN! Mr. Kaku is both Captain Kirk and Buck Rogers as he takes you on a journey through the impossibly amazing field of Quantum Physics..Come along for the exciting ride and see just how close fact and fantasy really are!....