The Physics of Star Trek

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

What actually happens when the words, "beam me up, Scottie" are uttered? What "warps" when something travels at warp speed? Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and educator Lawrence M. Krauss provides matter-of-fact scientific explanations of the physics of Star Trek in this highly creative and informative guide for both the devoted Trekkie and the physics novice. Krauss reviews the basic laws of physics, as well as the ideas of leading physicists, including Newton, Hawking, Einstein, Feynman, Kirk, and Janeway.

©1995 Lawrence M. Krauss (P)1996 Books on Tape, Inc.

Good listen!

If you could sum up The Physics of Star Trek in three words, what would they be?

Lawrence Krauss is a prominent theoretical physicist today, but this was written back in the 1990s. Wow! Great insights on what is possible and what may be impossible. Who doesn't love Star Trek? I just watched the Voyager episode last night!

Pretty good read, despite the fack that it's now 2

This is an interesting read considering it was written years ago. Since its publication, there have been numerous advancements in the field of physics and other related sciences. So many of the refutations and limitations imposed by the author and his known sciences has changed since then. If one reads it with the open mind of a comparative historian, it's a very interesting read. I wonder how accurate it will be 25 or even 50 years from now.

Good stuff

Very interesting listen for any Star Trek fan. Narrator is kind of monotone but very soothing at the same time.

A great book for Star Trek fans

This book is great for Star Trek fans who also enjoy the basics of astrophysics and helps you understand how far off in the future the Science of Star Trek actually is. For Non Trekers just ignore the references to the programme episodes and enjoy the thought prevoking phyisical facts that prove that Science Ficton really is Fiction in this day and age.

Superb

A friend recommended this book and boy was I satisfied! Although the narrator was fantastic the book itself made my head spin numerous times. I have enjoyed all the physics knowledge passed to me through pages of this book and as a moderate Trekker I now love Star Trek even more. I can recommend this book to everyone hungry for space exploration without any remarks.

This was super great!

I enjoyed everybit of it. Even listen to it twice! The Narrated did a great job reading and even when I didn't have the picture to see what he was talking about I was able to follow along and get the meaning of what he said. I was able to better understand what physics is. This was a great way of learning it. Time travel, space, planets, blackholes... all was explained almost too easy. Love it and would recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the basics of physics.

Fascinating

Very interesting indeed. I actually listened to it a few times. Every time I learn something new.

Interesting Book. Quite Technical

This was an interesting book to read/listen too. It was quite technical and discussed the actual physics behind many of the technical innovations suggested by the various series. Not only does the author do a good job of explaining the Series reasons for many of these things to work, but he will also delve into actual physics that we understand at the time this book was written and suggest how some of these things may be possible, or whether they may in fact be impossible, or improbable.

The audiobook seems to have some problems in the fact that you miss some drawings or illustrations that might have been available to view had I had the printed copy. Occasionally the author will refer to one of these illustrations or drawings that he assumes you to have seen. This did not deter from my enjoyment of the book however.

The author does a good job of using analogy or layterms, and takes the time to define many terms to allow any reader to have a good basis for understanding much of the physics referred to in this book.

It won't win any awards, but it made a short trip for me, more enjoyable (much to the chagrin of my wife and children in the car with me).

wonderful read.

written in 1995 this book may need updating. but as it stands - a must read for star trek fans. more so if you are into science in general. over time i have listened to this book 3 times. getting more out of it with each read. frankly a background in physics
101 is helpful in understanding some of this work.

packed full of information

Some of the information is out bated by 2016 standards but I do highly recommend this book.