One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In Physics of the Impossible, Dr. Michio Kaku–a renowned theoretical physicist, bestselling author, futurist, and popularizer of science–explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future.
He uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals and limits of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by category–Class I, II, and III–depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never.
CLASS I impossiblities includes force fields, invisibility, phasers and death stars, teleportation, telepathy, psychokinesis, robots, extraterrestrials and UFOs, starships, and antimatter and anti-universe. CLASS II impossiblities includes time travel and parallel universes. CLASS III impossiblities includes perpetual motion machines and precognition.
The link below is his lecture at WGBH and Museum of Science in Boston. It is a summary of his texbook. So enjoy yourself and impress yourself with his exploration!!!
Physics of the Impossible Lecture at WGBH and Museum of Science, Boston.
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