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PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
Michio Kaku
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PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel

by Michio Kaku

Doubleday · 2008

Peak rank

#12

Weeks on list

5

Debuted

April 2008

Chart History

#1510152008

5 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #12

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 and a worldwide communications network. Here internationally bestselling author Micho Kaku confidently hurdles today's frontier of science, revealing the actual possibilities of perpetual motion, force fields, invisibility, ray guns, anti-gravity and anti-matter, teleportation, telepathy, psychokinesis, robots and cyborgs, time travel, zero-point energy, even extraterrestrial life. And he shows how few of these ideas actually violate the laws of physics. 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.

All Appearances

12NEWApril 6, 2008wk 1
15↓3April 13, 2008wk 2
14↑1April 20, 2008wk 3
12↑2April 27, 2008wk 4
15↓3May 4, 2008wk 5

Details

ISBN-13
9780141919348
ISBN-10
0141919345
Published
2008
Pages
411
Publisher
Doubleday
Google rating
5.0(2)
Categories
Science

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