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Author Krauss, Lawrence M., 1954-

Title The physics of Star trek / Lawrence M. Krauss ; with a foreword by Stephen Hawking.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [1995]
©1995

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  791.45 KRA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  791.4572 STAR TREK    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  791.4572 KRA    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  791.457 KRA    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  791.4572 K91P    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  791.4572 KRAUSS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  791.45 KRAUSS    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
Summary 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.
Contents 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.
Subject Star trek (Television program)
Physics -- Popular works.
Physics -- Fiction -- Popular works.
Space sciences -- Popular works.
Star trek (Television program)
Star trek (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01356215
Physics. (OCoLC)fst01063025
Space sciences. (OCoLC)fst01127807
Star trek (DE-588)4247477-2
Weltraumforschung (DE-588)4117629-7
Natuurkunde.
Science fiction.
Star Trek (science fiction)
SPACE EXPLORATION.
PHYSICS.
Star trek (Television program)
Star trek.
Weltraumforschung.
Genre/Form Video games.
Popular works.
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Video games. (OCoLC)fst01726770
Video games.
Added Author Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018, writer of foreword.
Other Form: Online version: Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell. Physics of Star Trek. New York : Basic Books, ©1995 (OCoLC)622984971
ISBN 0465005594 (hardcover)
9780465005598 (hardcover)
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