The Physics of Star Trek

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name = The Physics of Star Trek
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author = Lawrence M. Krauss
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subject = Physics and Star Trek
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = HarperPerennial
release_date = 1995
media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 208
isbn = ISBN 978-0-465-00559-8, hardcover
ISBN 978-0-06-097710-8, softcover
preceded_by = Fear of Physics (1994)
followed_by = Beyond Star Trek (1997)

"The Physics of Star Trek" is a 1995 nonfiction book by Case Western Reserve 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 dampers 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. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060977108 Amazon listing] , accessed November 1, 2006.]

"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. [http://www.jlab.org/news/news_letter/news_sep98/star_trek.html Journey through physics of Star Trek, real world with acclaimed physicist] , Jefferson Lab, "On Target" (September 1998), accessed November 2, 2006.]

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. [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=29589 'The Physics of Star Trek' author to spend year on campus as visiting professor] , by David Salisbury, "Vanderbilt Register", October 23, 2006.]

The hardcover edition was published in November 1995, and a paperback edition followed in September 1996. Krauss' next book, "Beyond Star Trek: Physics from Alien Invasions to the End of Time", was published in 1997. Krauss plans to update "The Physics of Star Trek" in 2006.

ee also

*Physics and Star Trek
*The Physics of Superheroes

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