The Physics of Star Trek, Lawrence M. Krauss
The Physics of Star Trek, Lawrence M. Krauss
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The Physics of Star Trek

Author: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrator: Larry McKeever

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/1996

Synopsis

Explore the science behind one of television’s greatest series. Star Trek shaped and defined the science-fiction genre for generations of television viewers and writers, and now readers can learn more about the science presented on the show. What’s it like traveling at warp speed? What are the different types of dark matter and black holes? Learn all this and more!

About The Author

Lawrence M. Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and author of 10 popular books, including the international bestseller The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing, which immediately became a New York Times bestseller and has now been translated into 24 different languages. He has won numerous awards for his research, his writing, and his efforts to popularize science, and is the only physicist to have received major awards from all three U.S Physics Societies. He is a frequent contributor to NPR and the Wall Street Journal and is the author of over 300 scientific publications, as well as numerous articles on physics and astronomy. Larry McKeever was an actor, narrator, and recording artist. He narrated hundreds of books, including novels by James A. Michener, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein. For more than 15 years, he contributed monthly to Braille Monitor, the leading publication of the National Federation of the Blind, and became known as the “voice of the blind.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on January 24, 2018

Smart reading! STAR TREK TECHNOBABBLE You have to give attention to a book when Stephen Hawking does the foreword! In this reference book, Lawrence M. Krauss, the author, engages into the area of topics that Star Trek always has been a pioneer in the media field... ...the presentation of science......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 15, 2024

A serious romp through the cosmology of Star Trek? THE PHYSICS OF STAR TREK is a light-hearted, informative, thoroughly entertaining and yet, paradoxically, entirely serious overview of the physics of Star Trek - arguably the longest-running, most popular, and most famous franchise in the history of......more

Goodreads review by David on May 07, 2011

This is a short, enjoyable read for anybody who loves the Star Trek series, as I do. The book describes how most of the concepts and technologies in Star Trek are possible but quite implausible. My favorite chapter was actually the last one, describing the things that are absolutely impossible, that......more

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on December 23, 2017

This is a "fun" book with a sound scientific foundation. The fun is in experiencing the hard work Kraus has done to provide a foundation for the imaginative devices and phenomena that any Trekie knows intimately. If you are looking for something like Astrophysics for Trekies you may be disappointed......more

Goodreads review by paper0r0ss0 on August 22, 2021

Un buon esempio di cazzeggio intellettuale intelligente, che a partire da uno spunto di fantasia (almeno fino ad oggi), ragiona in lungo e in largo, nello spazio e nel tempo, anzi nello spazio-tempo dei meandri della fisica.......more

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