INDEX 32i
dark energy, 270-71, 291
dark matter, 205-6, 240, 299
Darwin probe, 139
Davy, Humphrey, 4-5
Death Stars:
gamma ray bursters and, 35, 52
lasers and, 34-35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 50
physics of, 49-50
decision making, 119-21
decoherence, 244-45, 248, 314rc
Deep Blue, 112
Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA), 21, 115
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), 25, 99,
123-25, 191, 286
extraterrestrial life and, 129, 135-36,
142, 150
parallel universes and, 252-53
teleportation and, 62, 66
Deutsch, David, 68
diamagnets, 14
Dickens, Charles, 218
dinosaurs, xi-xii, 134, 156, 220
parallel universes and, 244, 248
Dirac, Paul, 186-90, 245, 277
Disintegration Machine, The (Doyle), 55
Donoghue, John, 95-97
Doomsday, 273-75, 279
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 54-55, 306rc,
309«
Drake, Frank, 129-31, 133-36
Duchamps, Marcel, 232
Dwyer, Larry, 224-25
dye lasers, 40-41
Dyson, Freeman, 163, 170, 241
and future of the impossible, 284,
295, 300
Eddington, Arthur, 209-10, 266, 295
Edison, Thomas, 4, 258, 269
Edwards, Michael, 91
Einstein, Albert, ix-xi, xv, 6, 43, 160,
198-205, 265, 280-81
antimatter and, 190-91
BECs and, 65-66
black holes and, xiii, 209-11
EPR experiment and, 60-62, 202
and future of the impossible, 287,
292-93, 295, 298, 302, 316«
parallel universes and, 233-36, 238,
241, 248
quantum theory and, 37, 56, 58,
60-62, 242-43
relativity theory of, 19, 187, 199-205,
208, 219-21, 227, 232-33, 235-36,
292
and speed of light, 194, 198-200, 288
and theory of everything, x, xvh, 236,
238, 295, 315rc
on time, 200-203, 207, 219, 222
time travel and, 222-23, 227
Einstein lenses, 205-6
Einstein-Rosen Bridge, 209-10
electricity, 26-27, 30, 36, 129, 132, 171,
181, 259-60, 269, 315«
brain and, 76, 84
force fields and, 4-9, 11-12, 18
fusion and, 44-46
lasers and, 38-41
robots and, 103, 123-24
space travel and, 161-62, 165, 176-78
electroencephalograms (EEGs):
psychokinesis and, 94, 96, 101
telephathy and, 76, 78, 84, 86
electromagnetism (EM), 21, 51, 76, 85,
163, 171, 173
force fields and, 5-7
Maxwell and, 7, 18-19
psychokinesis and, 93, 97-98
electron waves, 56-61
eleven dimensions, 238-39, 299
emotional robots, 118-21, 123
energy, 37, 257-65, 267-71, 280-82,
306n-7n
conservation of, xiv, 264-65, 267-68,
271
for Death Stars, 43, 45, 47
and future of the impossible, 291,
293, 299
history viewed through, 259-60
from hydrogen bombs, 41, 47-49
perpetual motion machines and,
257-58, 260-63, 265
Planck, 212-15, 249
tachyons and, 280-81
from the vacuum, 269-71, 291, 293
see also electricity; negative energy
Enigma machine, 107
entropy, 263, 265-66, 314rc-15/i
EPR experiment, 60-62, 202
European Space Agency, 139, 157, 289
event horizon, 209-12, 227
Everett, Hugh, 244-45
everything, theory of, xvii-xviii, 121,
227
and Einstein, x, xvh, 236, 238, 295,
315rc
dark energy, 270-71, 291
dark matter, 205-6, 240, 299
Darwin probe, 139
Davy, Humphrey, 4-5
Death Stars:
gamma ray bursters and, 35, 52
lasers and, 34-35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 50
physics of, 49-50
decision making, 119-21
decoherence, 244-45, 248, 314rc
Deep Blue, 112
Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA), 21, 115
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), 25, 99,
123-25, 191, 286
extraterrestrial life and, 129, 135-36,
142, 150
parallel universes and, 252-53
teleportation and, 62, 66
Deutsch, David, 68
diamagnets, 14
Dickens, Charles, 218
dinosaurs, xi-xii, 134, 156, 220
parallel universes and, 244, 248
Dirac, Paul, 186-90, 245, 277
Disintegration Machine, The (Doyle), 55
Donoghue, John, 95-97
Doomsday, 273-75, 279
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 54-55, 306rc,
309«
Drake, Frank, 129-31, 133-36
Duchamps, Marcel, 232
Dwyer, Larry, 224-25
dye lasers, 40-41
Dyson, Freeman, 163, 170, 241
and future of the impossible, 284,
295, 300
Eddington, Arthur, 209-10, 266, 295
Edison, Thomas, 4, 258, 269
Edwards, Michael, 91
Einstein, Albert, ix-xi, xv, 6, 43, 160,
198-205, 265, 280-81
antimatter and, 190-91
BECs and, 65-66
black holes and, xiii, 209-11
EPR experiment and, 60-62, 202
and future of the impossible, 287,
292-93, 295, 298, 302, 316«
parallel universes and, 233-36, 238,
241, 248
quantum theory and, 37, 56, 58,
60-62, 242-43
relativity theory of, 19, 187, 199-205,
208, 219-21, 227, 232-33, 235-36,
292
and speed of light, 194, 198-200, 288
and theory of everything, x, xvh, 236,
238, 295, 315rc
on time, 200-203, 207, 219, 222
time travel and, 222-23, 227
Einstein lenses, 205-6
Einstein-Rosen Bridge, 209-10
electricity, 26-27, 30, 36, 129, 132, 171,
181, 259-60, 269, 315«
brain and, 76, 84
force fields and, 4-9, 11-12, 18
fusion and, 44-46
lasers and, 38-41
robots and, 103, 123-24
space travel and, 161-62, 165, 176-78
electroencephalograms (EEGs):
psychokinesis and, 94, 96, 101
telephathy and, 76, 78, 84, 86
electromagnetism (EM), 21, 51, 76, 85,
163, 171, 173
force fields and, 5-7
Maxwell and, 7, 18-19
psychokinesis and, 93, 97-98
electron waves, 56-61
eleven dimensions, 238-39, 299
emotional robots, 118-21, 123
energy, 37, 257-65, 267-71, 280-82,
306n-7n
conservation of, xiv, 264-65, 267-68,
271
for Death Stars, 43, 45, 47
and future of the impossible, 291,
293, 299
history viewed through, 259-60
from hydrogen bombs, 41, 47-49
perpetual motion machines and,
257-58, 260-63, 265
Planck, 212-15, 249
tachyons and, 280-81
from the vacuum, 269-71, 291, 293
see also electricity; negative energy
Enigma machine, 107
entropy, 263, 265-66, 314rc-15/i
EPR experiment, 60-62, 202
European Space Agency, 139, 157, 289
event horizon, 209-12, 227
Everett, Hugh, 244-45
everything, theory of, xvii-xviii, 121,
227
and Einstein, x, xvh, 236, 238, 295,
315rc