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He takes examples of technologies from popular fantasy and science fiction like star. Michio kaku, is an advanced scientist, who is well known from his appearances in numerous of discovery channel documentaries. While much of what you see on the various spinoffs and movies that constitute the star trek phenomenon may be impossible physics justified by indecipherable techno. There is very little science, or at least very little practical science, here but what there is is a lot of imagination about the limits of what we know and the loopholes in what we know. Each story relates a confounding puzzle each thinker faced that became a discovery and changed the way we see the world. Apr 10, 2005 i see good sci fi, even tv and movies, as a gateway drug to real science. Michio kaku brings physics to bear on the most iconic scene in sci fi and designs a star fighter that could blow up a moonsized death star. Watch sci fi science episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Just as science fiction often has roots in hard sciences physics, astronomy, genetic engineering, microbiology fantasy worldbuilding relies on everything from economics to military strategy to animal husbandry. Sci fi science physics of the impossible season 1 episode. Sci fi science physics of the impossible season 1 episde 6 how to travel through time part 2. Sci fi science physics of the impossible s02e05 alien invasion.
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