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“Clas...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 5 1 false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 17:55:07 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 18:02:23 -0800 2009 I am a man who truly appreciates the marvel of theoretical physics. The stuff of Albert Einstein. Although I ...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 5 2 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 07:12:53 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 07:16:17 -0700 2008 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 5 1 false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 09:12:37 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 11:07:48 -0700 2008
Al...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:56:16 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:56:16 -0800 2009 Kaku (Parallel Worlds, Beyond Einstein, Hyperspace) introduces complex theories of physics to general readers. As The Economist notes, Kaku "makes a good stab at explaining difficult physics. But his grasp of his subject is perhaps trumped by his knowledge of science fiction." While Kaku w...

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I suppose that it is only to be expected when yo...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 4 0 false Wed May 27 00:12:12 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 00:21:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 5 0 false Thu Jul 30 22:38:35 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 14:12:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 4 0 false Fri Dec 19 12:28:16 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:18:23 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 12:28:16 -0800 2008 The Science of Star Trek, or The Physics of Superheroes, then you'll like this.

I found the first 1/4 a little slow starting, and not much different from The Science of Star Trek, but after that it really got rolling and I had so much fun.

One...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 3 0 false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 23:04:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:09:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 19:49:54 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 20:06:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 0 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:28:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:04:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6359462 0141030909 9780141030906 6 2 3.97 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6359462-physics-of-the-impossible 5 0 false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:07:12 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 10:20:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 27 16:08:46 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 16:20:11 -0700 2009
It probably would have been better still had I understood half of what the author was describing. And the author dumbed down his explanations. (Dammit, what's my deal?)

Out of fifteen crazy ideas (time travel,...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 5 0 false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 08:14:43 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 08:20:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 21 23:16:49 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:11:10 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 4 0 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 18:32:38 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 18:34:32 -0700 2009 I read the author Hyperspace book a while ago and I was somewhat disappointed about the "thinness" - content-wise of it

Reading Physics of the Impossible the same thinness struck me - I kind of read all his arguments about most topics several times over in various books a...more...]]> 1168341 0385520697 9780385520690 470 141 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181589313m/1168341.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168341.Physics_of_the_Impossible_A_Scientific_Exploration_of_the_World_of_Phasers_Force_Fields_Teleportation_and_Time_Travel 3 0 false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 12:47:09 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 12:57:30 -0700 2009
This is a fascinating book about many of the "impossible" things portrayed in various sci-fi books and movies. The author does a very good job of making the outer edge of physics as we know it accessib...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6359462