LoginThe Physics of Star Trek
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Sure, we all know Star Trek is fiction, but warp drives and transporters and holodecks don't seem altogether implausible. Are any of these futuristic inventions fundamentally outlawed by physics as we understand it today? The Physics of Star Trek takes a lighthearted look at this subject, speculating on how the wonders of Star Trek technology might actually work--and, in some cases, revealing why the inventions are impossible or impractical even for an advanced civilization. (Example: "dematerializing" a person for transport would require about as much energy as is released by a 100-megaton hydrogen b
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
Release date: 10 July 2007
ISBN-10 : 0465002048 | ISBN-13: 9780465002047
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Release date: 10 July 2007
ISBN-10 : 0465002048 | ISBN-13: 9780465002047
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