The Physics of Star Trek

Uses The Star Trek Future As A Launching Pad To Discuss The Forefront Of Modern Physics Today, From Newton To Hawking, From Einstein To Feynman, From Kirk To Picard, Krauss Leads You On A Voyage To The World Of Physics As We Now Know It And As It Might One Day Be; Featuring A Section On The Top Ten Physics Bloopers And Blunders In Star Trek. Newton Antes -- Einstein Raises -- Hawking Shows His Hand -- Data Ends The Game -- Atoms Or Bits -- The Most Bang For Your Buck -- Holodecks And Holograms -- The Search For Spock -- The Menagerie Of Possibilities -- Impossibilities: The Undiscoverable Country. Lawrence M. Krauss ; With A Foreword By Stephen Hawking. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 175-176) And Index.