Adams, Douglas, 59-60
Air Force, U.S., 148, 176
Alcubierre drive, 204-5, 207-8, 211
Allen, Woody, 197, 312rc
Allen Telescope Array, 132
Amazing Randi, The, 90-91, 310/z
Ames, Aldrich, 78
Angels and Demons (Brown), 179
animals, 71-74, 126, 140
anthropic principle, 241, 253
antigravity, 293
antimatter, xi, 48, 77, 178-94, 205-6,
213,268
Dirac and, 186-88, 190
economics of, 181, 183-84
in moving backward in time, 278-81,
283
naturally occurring, 183-86, 193
production of, 180-84, 186, 193
rockets propelled by, xvii, 165, 178,
182-86, 193-94
Archimedes, 35
Aristotle, 231
Army, U.S., 92-93
artificial intelligence (AI), 102, 104-18
bottom-up approach to, 116-18
history of, 104-9, 117
top-down approach to, 110-16, 118
see also robots, robotics
Artificial Intelligence (film), 104, 123
Artsutanov, Yuri, 167
Asimov, Isaac, 71, 103, 179, 257-58, 268
asteroids, 134, 155, 157, 170
atomic bombs, xiii, xv, 8, 34, 45, 49-50,
210, 251
antimatter and, 179-80
space travel and, 162-64
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC),
161
atomic theory, 19-20, 29, 37, 57-58,
264-65, 286, 298
Augustine, Saint, 217
Back to the Future, 11-12, 218, 226
Barnard's Star, 164
Baron-Cohen, Simon, 189
Barrow, John, 286-87, 300
Beam Power Challenge, 168
beam weapons, 47-50
in history, 35-36, 505n-6n
lasers as, 34-36, 38-39, 41-43, 45, 47,
50, 52, 306rc
Bentley paradox, 292
Bhaskara, 260
Bickerton, A. W., 154
big bang, 35, 50, 65, 213, 220-21, 223,
236, 279
antimatter and, 184-85, 192
and future of the impossible, 286-91,
293, 298-99, 302
how it started, 250-51
monopoles and, 151-52
parallel universes and, 245-46
period before, xviii, 287-91, 298
and speed of light, 198, 202
tachyons and, 281-83
Big Bang Observer (BBO), 290, 298
Big Crunch, 240, 246
Big Freeze, 240, 249, 270, 291
Big Splat, 240, 290-91
biofeedback, 94-96
Air Force, U.S., 148, 176
Alcubierre drive, 204-5, 207-8, 211
Allen, Woody, 197, 312rc
Allen Telescope Array, 132
Amazing Randi, The, 90-91, 310/z
Ames, Aldrich, 78
Angels and Demons (Brown), 179
animals, 71-74, 126, 140
anthropic principle, 241, 253
antigravity, 293
antimatter, xi, 48, 77, 178-94, 205-6,
213,268
Dirac and, 186-88, 190
economics of, 181, 183-84
in moving backward in time, 278-81,
283
naturally occurring, 183-86, 193
production of, 180-84, 186, 193
rockets propelled by, xvii, 165, 178,
182-86, 193-94
Archimedes, 35
Aristotle, 231
Army, U.S., 92-93
artificial intelligence (AI), 102, 104-18
bottom-up approach to, 116-18
history of, 104-9, 117
top-down approach to, 110-16, 118
see also robots, robotics
Artificial Intelligence (film), 104, 123
Artsutanov, Yuri, 167
Asimov, Isaac, 71, 103, 179, 257-58, 268
asteroids, 134, 155, 157, 170
atomic bombs, xiii, xv, 8, 34, 45, 49-50,
210, 251
antimatter and, 179-80
space travel and, 162-64
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC),
161
atomic theory, 19-20, 29, 37, 57-58,
264-65, 286, 298
Augustine, Saint, 217
Back to the Future, 11-12, 218, 226
Barnard's Star, 164
Baron-Cohen, Simon, 189
Barrow, John, 286-87, 300
Beam Power Challenge, 168
beam weapons, 47-50
in history, 35-36, 505n-6n
lasers as, 34-36, 38-39, 41-43, 45, 47,
50, 52, 306rc
Bentley paradox, 292
Bhaskara, 260
Bickerton, A. W., 154
big bang, 35, 50, 65, 213, 220-21, 223,
236, 279
antimatter and, 184-85, 192
and future of the impossible, 286-91,
293, 298-99, 302
how it started, 250-51
monopoles and, 151-52
parallel universes and, 245-46
period before, xviii, 287-91, 298
and speed of light, 198, 202
tachyons and, 281-83
Big Bang Observer (BBO), 290, 298
Big Crunch, 240, 246
Big Freeze, 240, 249, 270, 291
Big Splat, 240, 290-91
biofeedback, 94-96