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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Allen Lane (3 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713999926
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713999921
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,101 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Physics of the Impossible takes us on a journey to the frontiers of science and beyond, giving us an exhilarating insight into what we can really hope to achieve in the future. Everyday we see that what was once declared ‘impossible’ by scientists has become part of our everyday lives: fax machines, glass sky-scrapers, gas-powered automobiles, a worldwide communications network and high-speed elevated trains. Here internationally bestselling author Micho Kaku confidently hurdles today’s frontier of science, presenting the first truly authoritative exploration of the real science of tomorrow; a field normally left to writers of science fiction. He reveals the actual possibilities of perpetual motion, force fields, invisibility, ray guns, anti-gravity and anti-matter, teleportation, telepathy, psychokinesis, robots and cyborgs, faster than light travel, time travel, zero-point energy, extraterrestrial life, even clairvoyance. And he shows how few of these ideas actually violate the laws of physics. The real differences between the impossible, the unlikely and the imminent have never been so clear. Where does the realm of science fiction end? What can we really hope to achieve? ‘Anything that is not impossible, is mandatory!’ declares Kaku in this lucid, entertaining and enlightening read.

About the Author
Internationally acclaimed physicist Dr Michio Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York. He is also an international bestselling author, his books including Hyperspace and Parallel Worlds, and a distinguished writer, having featured in Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times and the New Scientist to name but a few. Dr Kaku also hosts his own radio show, ‘Science Fantastic’, and recently presented the BBC’s popular series ‘Time’.

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3.0 out of 5 stars On the boundaries of science and fiction, 5 Jun 2008
By Christian Jongeneel (Rotterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
Michio Kaku takes a pleasant verbal stroll along science fiction classics like force fields, time travel, parallel universes, telepathy, artificial intelligence and the like, while explaining the physics that would be involved in making these come true. Quite a lot more is physically possible than one would think.

Mr Kaku does a fine job of systematically exploring the boundaries of science and fiction. Unfortunately, his prose is rather bland and the anekdotes - the icing on the cake in books like this - lack the liveliness that is needed for a really gripping read. For readers who prefer content over style this should be no deterrent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An entralling high level snapshot that challenges possibilities, 23 April 2008
By MarkP (England) - See all my reviews
Got this book and finished it the day after it arrived. Captivating stuff ! As a high level introduction to the current state of a variety of scientific areas it's fantastic.
Kaku tends to spend a little more time on the areas close to him, but everthing gets good coverage. As a springboard to understand current progress it allows the reader to go off and find more information on the particular subject areas that interest them.
I read it in the same week as Ray Kurzweil's 'The Singularity is Near' and it's interesting to see both the overlap, and how things have moved on in 5 years.
All in all a great book for the layman and those with a scientific background. Oh, and a great price for a hardback book right now :)
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5.0 out of 5 stars I am a fan of Michio Kaku, 30 May 2009
By George Spiros (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews
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I have to admit that i am a fan of michio kaku, so i might be biased.

His books are beyong popular science. He has the ability to take your imagination on a journey. Its like a fairytale of physics. This book lefts you wondering what the future might be, and makes you sad that you weren't born some millenia after our era! I ended the book having the impression that we're still primitive!

Its a fun and easy to read book, I cannnot think of any drawback. It doesnt get into details a lot, but that is to be expected. I'd personally like some more details in the book (some formulas, some mathematics, some drawings) but that would propably just make the book less popular.
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