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" Physics of the impossible : "
Michio Kaku
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BL
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626850
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| Main Entry
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Kaku, Michio
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| Title & Author
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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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First Anchor books edition
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xxi, 329 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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9780307278821
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: 0307278824
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Doubleday, ©2008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index
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| Contents
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Class I impossibilities. Force fields ; Invisibility ; Phasers and death stars ; Teleportation ; Telepathy ; Psychokinesis ; Robots ; Extraterrestrials and UFOs ; Starships ; Antimatter and Anti-universe -- Class II impossibilities. Faster than light ; Time travel ; Parallel universes -- Class III impossibilities. Perpetual motion machines ; Precognition ;The future of the impossible
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| Abstract
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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
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Physics, Miscellanea
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Science, Miscellanea
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Mathematical physics, Miscellanea
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Physics in literature
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Human-machine systems
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Human-machine systems
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Mathematical physics, Miscellanea
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Physics, Miscellanea
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Physics in literature
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Science, Miscellanea
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| Dewey Classification
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530
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QC75.K18 2009
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