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Introduction - Nothing is impossible with science.

PART 1_Class 1 Impossible
1.
stationmaster
Shield Self-Gong / Michael Faraday / Four Forces / Plasma Lance / Magnetic Levitation
2.
transparent body
The History of Invisibility / Maxwell's Equations and the Secret of Light / Quasi-materials and Transparency / Quasi-material Invisibility Operating in Visible Light / Invisibility Using Plasma / The Future of Quasi-materials / Invisibility and Nanotechnology / Holograms and Invisibility / Invisible People Using Four-Dimensional Space
3.
Phasers and Death Stars
4-3-2-1, Fire! / History of Energy Beam Weapons / The Quantum Revolution / Masers and Lasers / Types of Lasers / Lasers and Ray Guns? / Death Star Energy / Inertial Confinement Fusion / Self-Restraint Fusion / Nuclear Ignition X-ray Laser / The Physics of the Death Star / Gamma-Ray Burst
4.
teleportation
Teleportation and science fiction / Teleportation and quantum theory / EPR experiment / Quantum teleportation / Teleportation without quantum entanglement / Quantum computers
5.
telepathy
Psychic Research / Telepathy and Stargates / Brain Scans / MRI Lie Detectors / Universal Translators / Portable MRI Scanners / Neural Network Brains / Transparency in Thought / Brain Maps
6.
Telekinesis
Psychokinesis and the Real World / Psychokinesis and Science / Psychokinesis and the Brain / Nanobots
7.
robot
History of Artificial Intelligence / Top-Down Approach / Bottom-Up Approach / Can Robots Feel Emotions? / Are Robots Conscious? / Can Robots Be Dangerous to Humans?
8.
Aliens and UFOs
Scientific exploration of extraterrestrial life / Finding aliens by sound / Where are aliens? / Finding planets similar to Earth / What do aliens look like? / Monsters and the law of scale / The physics of advanced civilizations / UFOs
9.
spaceship
The coming catastrophe / Ion plasma engine / Solar sailing / Ramjet fusion / Fission-powered rockets / Nuclear-powered pulse rockets / Specific impulse and engine efficiency / Space elevators / Slingshot effect / Sky-firing railguns / Risks of space travel / Stasis / Nanospacecraft
10.
Antimatter and antiuniverse
Antiatoms and antichemicals / Antimatter rockets / Natural antimatter / The origin of antimatter / Dirac and Newton / Antigravity and antiuniverse

PART 2_2nd category impossible
11.
Faster than light!
Einstein, a failure in life / Einstein and the theory of relativity / Flaws in Einstein's theory / Alcubierre drive and negative energy / Wormholes and black holes / Planck energy and particle accelerators
12.
time travel
Changing the Past / Time Travel: A Physicist's Playground / Time Paradox
13.
parallel universe
Hyperspace / String theory / Multiverse / Quantum theory / Quantum universe / Contact between universes? / Lab-created universe? / Evolution of the universe?

PART 3_Third Class Impossible
14.
perpetual motion machine
The History of Humanity Through Energy / The History of Perpetual Motion / Hoaxes and Frauds / Ludwig Boltzmann and Entropy / Total Entropy Always Increases / The Three Laws and Symmetry / Energy from a Vacuum?
15.
foresight
Can You See the Future? / Time Flows Backward / Tachyons from the Future

Epilogue: The Impossible Future
Translator's Note - Michio Kaku, the Eternal Youth Who Lives the Future
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A global bestseller that completely overturned common sense in physics.
Michio Kaku's latest work, "Parallel Universe"!
The world's leading authority on string theory and the superhero of theoretical physics, Michio Kaku, has finally completed everything about future physics!
Michio Kaku, author of "Parallel Universes," which completely overturned our common sense about the universe and heralded the beginning of the space age, has returned with "Physics of the Impossible," which reveals in detail the world of extreme physics that puts an end to all the scientific impossibilities that all of humanity has challenged for the past 100 years since Einstein's theory of relativity.

There are spaceships that travel faster than light, and our bodies can teleport across the universe in an instant.
He can read other people's minds, move objects with his telekinesis, and pass through walls.
Advances in nanotechnology and robotics are enabling humans and machines to become one.
Are these incredible feats truly possible? In "Nothing Is Impossible," Michio Kaku clearly demonstrates that the impossible, once depicted in movies and novels, will all be realized through physics within a century, or even a century.
The author perfectly portrays the efforts of scientists who have challenged the impossible, their new theories, the current state of science, and the new blueprint for the future of science.


Like its predecessor, 『Parallel Universe』, it conveys the seemingly difficult theories and concepts of modern physics in an easy-to-understand manner through excellent metaphors and wit.
This book will be a very interesting and enjoyable read for those who wonder why scientists spend their lives falling in love with the impossible and constantly trying to understand the nature of time, space, and the universe, as well as for those interested in physics and those curious about the future of advanced physics.

Are you sure that what is impossible now will be impossible in tens or hundreds of years?
Time travel, invisibility, teleportation, and space travel are all possible through the laws of physics!

In 1863, Jules Verne's Paris in the Twenties Century vividly depicted technologies that would have been considered impossible in the 1860s, such as a global telecommunications network, fax machines, glass skyscrapers, gas-powered cars, and high-speed trains.
And over 100 years later, what Jules Verne predicted became reality.
Then, we can conclude that the space jump in "Star Trek," Luke Skywalker's lightsaber in "Star Wars," the invisibility cloak worn by Harry Potter, and the encounter with the alien ET may not be impossible imaginations.
In fact, scenes where all these impossibilities become possible are being witnessed all over physics laboratories.
If a superconductor, the holy grail of solid-state physics, is discovered, transportation vehicles such as cars and trains, which have been running on the ground and costing enormous amounts of money, will be able to fly in the sky using powerful magnetic fields.
If a metamaterial with the ability to manipulate the refractive index of light, that is, eliminate light reflections and shadows, is discovered, the invisibility cloak Harry Potter wore could be on the market in the near future.
The Death Star, a weapon powerful enough to blow up an entire planet in Star Wars, could also blow up a planet in just a few seconds if it could find the source of gamma rays outside the galaxy.


Stephen Hawking argued to the global physics community that “there must be a law of physics that prohibits time travel,” but no matter how hard you look, there is no clause in the laws of physics that prohibits time travel.
If the existence of a traversable wormhole is confirmed, not only faster-than-light travel but also time travel would be possible.
In this world of cutting-edge physics, there is always something beyond our imagination.
All objects move faster than light, and in another universe (through a parallel universe), I can become Steve Jobs and create the iPhone.
The physics of the future, thanks to new technologies, will show us a world more interesting than ever before.
In other words, it is clear that we have not reached the end point, but are standing at the starting point of a new physics.


Are the dream technologies of science fiction feasible?

In "Nothing is Impossible," Michio Kaku first answers a question that an ordinary scientist would naturally say "No!" by shouting "Yes!" and then thoroughly exploring the ultimate possibility.
His style of argumentation may be reminiscent of a science fiction fanatic, but it is based on solid scientific knowledge and positive thinking.

The theme of this book can be summed up in one word: “the feasibility of futuristic technologies that often appear in science fiction.”
He puts scientific themes that seem impossible to realize with current science on the chopping block, such as a force field that blocks the merciless attacks of aliens, an invisible man who can do anything, the Death Star, an incredible weapon that can blow up a huge planet in one shot, teleportation that can travel to far places without being restricted by time, and time machines and telekinesis, and begins to slice them with sharp logic and positive thinking.
Among the themes chosen by Michio Kaku, some technologies may be realized in the future, while others defy the laws of physics from the outset.
So Michio Kaku broke each item down into three impossibilities.

Category 1: Things that are currently impossible but do not violate the laws of physics: force fields, teleportation, telekinesis, invisibility (invisible man), Death Star (a formidable weapon).
This includes ray guns, robots, encounters with aliens, and space travel from "Star Wars," which were criticized as fictional.
Michio Kaku predicts that these things will come true within 100 to 200 years.


Category 2: Technologies that are not yet clear whether they violate the laws of physics, but are likely to be realized within thousands to millions of years.
This includes hyper-light travel, jumping into hyperspace, wormhole time machines, time travel to the past and future, and parallel universes where twin universes exist in different spaces at the same time.


Category 3: Perpetual motion machines that operate forever without energy loss and precognition or extrasensory perception that can detect the future in advance, which violate the current laws of physics.
These things cannot be realized no matter how much time passes.
But Michio Kaku leaves open the final possibility, pointing out that even the laws of physics can change.
If these are proven possible in the distant future, the fundamentals of physics will change dramatically.