Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers,
Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

In this latest effort to popularize the sciences, City University of New York
professor and media star Kaku (Hyperspace) ponders topics that many people
regard as impossible, ranging from psychokinesis and telepathy to time travel
and teleportation. His Class I impossibilities include force fields, telepathy
and antiuniverses, which don't violate the known laws of science and may become
realities in the next century. Those in Class II await realization farther in
the future and include faster-than-light travel and discovery of parallel
universes. Kaku discusses only perpetual motion machines and precognition in
Class III, things that aren't possible according to our current understanding
of science. He explains how what many consider to be flights of fancy are being
made tangible by recent scientific discoveries ranging from rudimentary advances
in teleportation to the creation of small quantities of antimatter and
transmissions faster than the speed of light. Science and science fiction buffs
can easily follow Kaku's explanations as he shows that in the wonderful worlds
of science, impossible things are happening every day.

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