"Today's science fiction is often tomorrow's science fact. The physics that underlies Star Trek is surely worth investigating. To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit."
– from the foreword by Stephen Hawking~ |
The Physics of Star Trek is a 1995 nonfiction book by Arizona State University professor Lawrence M. Krauss. It discusses the physics involved in various concepts and objects described in the Star Trek universe. He investigates the possibility of such things as inertial dampeners and warp drive, and whether physics as we know it would allow such inventions. He also discusses time travel, light speed, pure energy beings, wormholes, and other concepts. The book includes a foreword by astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.
The Physics of Star Trek was met with generally positive reviews. It became a national bestseller and sold more than 200,000 copies in the United States. As of 1998, it was being translated into 13 different languages. It was also the basis of a BBC television production.
Krauss got the idea for writing the book from his publisher, who initially suggested it as a joke. Krauss dismissed the idea but later thought that using Star Trek might get people interested in real physics.
The hardcover edition was published in November 1995, and a paperback edition followed in September 1996. Krauss's next book, Beyond Star Trek: Physics from Alien Invasions to the End of Time, was published in 1997.
Star Trek technologies
- Cloaking device
- Dilithium (Star Trek)
- Holodeck
- Impulse drive
- Weapons of Star Trek
- Replicator (Star Trek)
- Shields
- Tractor beam
- Transporter (Star Trek)
- Warp drive
Further reading
- David A. Batchelor (1993). "The Science of Star Trek". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- "Why transporters like those in Star Trek, do not exist today". Beam Me Up Scotty: The Physics of Star Trek.
- "Why Warp Does Not Work". Beam Me Up Scotty: The Physics of Star Trek.
- C.W. Nevius (2006-06-29). "Astrophysics taking off on Superman". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Kevin Maney (2005-06-14). "Physics genius plans to make "Star Trek" replicator a reality". USA Today.
- Travers Naran. "Star Trek (Various)". SF Science Blunders: Hall of Infamy.
- Keay Davidson (2005-08-29). "Military examines "beaming up" data, people. Critics say its extreme computing, energy needs keep teleportation unlikely for now.". San Francisco Chronicle.
- "star trek tech". Around Central Florida.
- A. Smith (1991). "Six Dimensions and Star Trek". Science Education. U.S. Department of Energy.
- Star Trek Inconsistencies. Ex Astris Scientia
See also
Star Trek technologies
- Cloaking device
- Dilithium (Star Trek)
- Holodeck
- Impulse drive
- Weapons of Star Trek
- Replicator (Star Trek)
- Shields
- Tractor beam
- Transporter (Star Trek)
- Warp drive
Further reading
- David A. Batchelor (1993). "The Science of Star Trek". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- "Why transporters like those in Star Trek, do not exist today". Beam Me Up Scotty: The Physics of Star Trek.
- "Why Warp Does Not Work". Beam Me Up Scotty: The Physics of Star Trek.
- C.W. Nevius (2006-06-29). "Astrophysics taking off on Superman". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Kevin Maney (2005-06-14). "Physics genius plans to make "Star Trek" replicator a reality". USA Today.
- Travers Naran. "Star Trek (Various)". SF Science Blunders: Hall of Infamy.
- Keay Davidson (2005-08-29). "Military examines "beaming up" data, people. Critics say its extreme computing, energy needs keep teleportation unlikely for now.". San Francisco Chronicle.
- "star trek tech". Around Central Florida.
- A. Smith (1991). "Six Dimensions and Star Trek". Science Education. U.S. Department of Energy.
- Star Trek Inconsistencies. Ex Astris Scientia
Edited By:
Arip Nurahman
Department of Physics, Indonesia University of Education
&
Follower Open Course Ware at MIT-Harvard University, Cambridge. USA.
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