| Description |
xix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Contents -- Foreword by Stephen Hawking 00 -- Preface 00 -- Preface to the Revised Edition 00 -- Section One -- A Cosmic Poker Game -- In which the physics of inertial dampers and tractor beams -- paves the way for time travel, warp speed, deflector shields, -- wormholes, and other spacetime oddities -- One Newton Antes 00 -- TWO Einstein Raises 00 -- Three Hawking Shows His Hand 00 -- Four Data Ends the Game 00 -- Section Two -- Matter Matter Everywhere -- In which the reader explores transporter beams, warp drives, -- dilithium crystals, matter-antimatter engines, and the holodeck -- Five Atoms or Bits 00 -- Six The Most Bang for Your Buck 00 -- Seven Holodecks and Holograms 00 -- Section Three -- The Invisible Universe, or Things That Go Bump in the Night -- In which we speak of things that may exist but are not yet -- seen¿extraterrestrial life, multiple dimensions, and an exotic -- zoo of other physics possibilities and impossibilities -- Eight The Search for Spock 00 -- Nine The Menagerie of Possibilities 00 -- Ten Impossibilities: The Undiscoverable Country 00 -- Epilogue 00 -- Notes 00 -- Acknowledgments 00 -- Index 00 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Star trek (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80040317
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| Subject |
Physics -- Popular works.
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Space sciences.
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Video games.
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| LC no. |
2007018981 |
| ISBN |
0465002048 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780465002047 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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