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2、PerplexedandTheFifthEssence:TheSearchforDarkMatterintheUniverse,andover120scientificarticles.Heistherecipientofseveralinternationalawardsforhiswork,includingthePresidentialInvestigatorAward,givenbyPresidentReaganin1986.Helecturesextensivelytobothlayandprofessiona
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5、physics,Captain!"GeneratedbyABCAmberLITConverter,http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html(Scotty,toKirk,innumerabletimes)CONTENTSFOREWORDbyStephenHawking.3PREFACE.4THEPHYSICSOFSTARTREK..5SECTIONONE—ACosmicPokerGame—Inwhichthephysicsofinertialdampersandtractorbeamsp
6、avesthewayfortimetravel,warpspeed,deflectorshields,wormholes,andotherspace-timeoddities.6CHAPTERONE—NEWTONAntes.7CHAPTERTWO—EINSTEINRaises.10CHAPTERTHREE–HAWKINGShowsHisHand.17CHAPTERFOUR–DATAEndstheGame.26SECTIONTWO—MatterMatterEverywhere—Inwhichthereaderexplore
7、stransporterbeams,warpdrives,dilithiumcrystals,matter-antimatterengines,andtheholodeck.28CHAPTERFIVE—AtomsorBits.29CHAPTERSIX—TheMostBangforYourBuck.36CHAPTERSEVEN—HolodecksandHolograms.42SECTIONTHREE—TheInvisibleUniverse,orThingsThatGoBumpintheNight—Inwhichwespe
8、akofthingsthatmayexistbutarenotyetseen—extraterrestriallife,multipledimensions,andanexoticzooofotherphysicspossibilitiesandimpossibilities46CHAPTEREIGHT—TheSea
