The Physics of Star Trek
by Lawrence M. Krauss
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Author: Lawrence M. KraussEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-10
ISBN: 0465002048
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: 'Nontrivial' Entertainment for Trekkers!
Summary: 5 Stars
I like this book because it reads like Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, or Carl Sagan's Cosmos: it's a light-hearted discussion of the related science with lots of connections made easy for the reader and lots of examples given, and all in easy-to-understand language. I think it's clear that Krauss loves and knows his Star Trek as much as he does his scientific research, and his purpose in writing this book must have been both to educate and to entertain, and I think he scores big on both counts. Plus, the forward by Stephen Hawking, and the references to Hawking's poker game with Data, Newton, and Einstein, sets a fun tone right from the start. I think there is no way you can read this book and not learn something you didn't know before, or think about something you knew in a different way, I don't care how much of a Trek fan you are. And there is no way you can not have fun reading this book. A must read for all Trek fans!
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