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If youre interested in this book and dont have a science background, youll still enjoy it, for the most part. This book is a followup to lawrence krauss the physics of star trek, where he explored the physics of the star trek venture, and whether or not it was congruent with current physics or likely to be under further discovery. Bennett an allnew star trek movieera adventure featuring james t. When captain jonathan archer of the uss enterprise discovers ancient weapons of absolute power scattered across the alpha quadrant, he and.
Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and author of 10 popular books, including the international bestseller the physics of star trek and a universe from nothing, which immediately became a new york times bestseller and has now been translated. The book was revised and updated by krauss in 2007. Physics of future space travel oped by marc g millis 23 may 20. Star trek, the entropy effect, vonda mcintyre, pocket.
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