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1、wU.S.$26.95/Canada$32.00Afascinatingexplorationofthescienceoftheimpossible—fromdeathraysandforcefieldstoinvisibilitycloahs—reuealingtowhatententsuchtechnolo•giesmightbeachieuabledecadesormillenniaintothefuturenehundredyearsago,scientistswouldhavesaidthatlasers,televisions,andtheat
2、omicObombwerebeyondtherealmofphysicalpossibility.InPhysicsoftheImpossible,therenownedphysicistMichioKakuexplorestowhatextentthetechnologiesanddevicesofsciencefictionthataredeemedequallyimpossibletodaymightwellbecomecommonplaceinthefuture.Fromteleportationtotelekinesis,Kakuusesthew
3、orldofsciencefictiontoexplorethefundamentals—andthelimits—ofthelawsofphysicsasweknowthemtoday.Herankstheimpossibletechnologiesbycategory—ClassI,II,andIII—dependingonwhentheymightbeachieved,withinthenextcentury,millennia,orperhapsnever.Inacompellingandthought-provokingnarrative,hee
4、xplains:•Howthescienceofopticsandelectromagnetismmayonedayenableustobendlightaroundanobject,likeastreamflowingaroundaboulder,makingtheobjectinvisibletoobservers"downstream"•Howramjetrockets,lasersails,antimatterengines,andnanorocketsmayonedaytakeustothenearbystars•Howtelepathyandp
5、sychokinesis,onceconsideredpseudoscience,mayonedaybepossibleusingadvancesinMRI,computers,superconductivity,andnanotechnology•Whyatimemachineisapparentlyconsistentwiththeknownlawsofquantumphysics,althoughitwouldtakeanunbelievablyadvancedcivilizationtoactuallybuildone(continuedfromf
6、rontflap)Kakuuseshisdiscussionofeachtechnologyasajumping-offpointtoexplainthesciencebehindit.Anextraordinaryscientificadventure,PhysicsoftheImpossibletakesreadersonanunforgettable,mesmerizingjourneyintotheworldofsciencethatbothenlightensandentertains.ftllCHIOKAKUistheHenrySematPro
7、fessorofTheoreticalPhysicsattheGraduateCenteroftheCityUniversityofNewYork.Heisthecofounderofstringfieldtheory.Hehaswrittenseveralbooks,includingParallelWorldsandBeyondEinstein,andhisbestseller,Hyperspace,wasvotedoneofthebestsciencebooksoftheyearbytheNewYorkTimesandtheWashingtonPos
8、t.HeisafrequentguestonnationalTV,
