INDEX 323
extraterrestrial life and, 133-35
force fields and, 6-7, 11
parallel universes and, 233, 235-40,
247
space travel and, 166, 170, 173, 176
string theory and, 290, 316rc
gravity waves, 287-92, 302-3
Greeks, 17, 35, 104, 106, 236, 272, 305n
parallel universes and, 231-32
and theory of everything, 294-95,
300
Guth, Alan, 244, 246, 250-52
Haldane, J. B. S., 257
Harry Potter, 16-17, 20-21, 23, 28
hat tricks, 71, 308rc
Hawking, Stephen, 95, 186, 188, 235
incompleteness theorem and,
300-301
parallel universes and, 246-47
and theory of everything, 294,
299-301
time travel and, xv-xvi, 216, 220-22,
227
Haynes, John, 81
Heinlein, Robert, 166-67, 233
Heisenberg, Werner, 37
and theory of everything, 295-96
uncertainty principle of, 30, 55-56,
58, 109, 122-23, 206, 245, 306«-7n
Henderson, Linda Dalrymple, 232
Herschcovitch, Ady, 9
Higgs bosons, 235, 283
Hilbert, David, 268, 286
Hindus, Hinduism, 35, 44, 230, 244,
305 n
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
(Adams), 59-60
Hofstadter, Douglas, 112
holograms, 31-33
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, 144
Howe, Steven, 183
Hubble, Edwin, x, 293
Hubble Space Telescope, xiii, 139, 206,
298
hydrogen bombs, 47-50, 179, 184
energy emitted by, 41, 47-49
fusion and, 44-45
how they work, 49-50
nuclear-fired X-ray lasers and, 47-48
space travel and, 163-64
hyperspace, xvii, 230-41
string theory and, 234-38, 240
/, Robot, 103
immortality, 125, 145, 311ra-12/i
impossible, impossibility:
categories of, xvi-xvii
future of, 284-303, 316rc
Kaku's fascination with, x-xi, xviii
list of, 285-86
relativeness of, xi-xiii
studying of, xiv-xvi
incompleteness theorem, 106, 109,
300-302
Independence Day, 126, 147
inertial confinement, 43-46
inflationary universe theory, 282
and future of the impossible, 289-90,
293
parallel universes and, 247, 250-52
International Linear Collider (ILC),
213
International Space Station, 156,
165-66, 172
International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor (ITER),
45-47, 160
inverse square law, 237, 299, 316/1
invisibility, ix, xvii, 16-33
atomic theory and, 19-20
in history, 17-18, 305rc
holograms and, 31-33
Maxwell and, 19-20
metamaterials and, 21-29
nanotechnology and, 23-24, 26-31
parallel universes and, 239-40
with plasmonics, 26-27
Invisible Man, The (Wells), 16, 18, 33,
232, 239
ion engines, 157-58, 164-65, 177
"Is the End in Sight for Theoretical
Physics?" (Hawking), 299-300
Jackson, Gerald, 185-86
Janus Equation (Spruill), 216
"Jaunt, The" (Ring), 307/z
Jones, David, 80
Jupiter, Jupiter-sized planets, 211, 274
extraterrestrial life and, 133-34,
137-38
Just, Marcel A., 81
Raluza, Theodor, 233-34, 236
Rardashev, Nikolai, 145-46
Kasparov, Garry, 112
extraterrestrial life and, 133-35
force fields and, 6-7, 11
parallel universes and, 233, 235-40,
247
space travel and, 166, 170, 173, 176
string theory and, 290, 316rc
gravity waves, 287-92, 302-3
Greeks, 17, 35, 104, 106, 236, 272, 305n
parallel universes and, 231-32
and theory of everything, 294-95,
300
Guth, Alan, 244, 246, 250-52
Haldane, J. B. S., 257
Harry Potter, 16-17, 20-21, 23, 28
hat tricks, 71, 308rc
Hawking, Stephen, 95, 186, 188, 235
incompleteness theorem and,
300-301
parallel universes and, 246-47
and theory of everything, 294,
299-301
time travel and, xv-xvi, 216, 220-22,
227
Haynes, John, 81
Heinlein, Robert, 166-67, 233
Heisenberg, Werner, 37
and theory of everything, 295-96
uncertainty principle of, 30, 55-56,
58, 109, 122-23, 206, 245, 306«-7n
Henderson, Linda Dalrymple, 232
Herschcovitch, Ady, 9
Higgs bosons, 235, 283
Hilbert, David, 268, 286
Hindus, Hinduism, 35, 44, 230, 244,
305 n
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
(Adams), 59-60
Hofstadter, Douglas, 112
holograms, 31-33
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, 144
Howe, Steven, 183
Hubble, Edwin, x, 293
Hubble Space Telescope, xiii, 139, 206,
298
hydrogen bombs, 47-50, 179, 184
energy emitted by, 41, 47-49
fusion and, 44-45
how they work, 49-50
nuclear-fired X-ray lasers and, 47-48
space travel and, 163-64
hyperspace, xvii, 230-41
string theory and, 234-38, 240
/, Robot, 103
immortality, 125, 145, 311ra-12/i
impossible, impossibility:
categories of, xvi-xvii
future of, 284-303, 316rc
Kaku's fascination with, x-xi, xviii
list of, 285-86
relativeness of, xi-xiii
studying of, xiv-xvi
incompleteness theorem, 106, 109,
300-302
Independence Day, 126, 147
inertial confinement, 43-46
inflationary universe theory, 282
and future of the impossible, 289-90,
293
parallel universes and, 247, 250-52
International Linear Collider (ILC),
213
International Space Station, 156,
165-66, 172
International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor (ITER),
45-47, 160
inverse square law, 237, 299, 316/1
invisibility, ix, xvii, 16-33
atomic theory and, 19-20
in history, 17-18, 305rc
holograms and, 31-33
Maxwell and, 19-20
metamaterials and, 21-29
nanotechnology and, 23-24, 26-31
parallel universes and, 239-40
with plasmonics, 26-27
Invisible Man, The (Wells), 16, 18, 33,
232, 239
ion engines, 157-58, 164-65, 177
"Is the End in Sight for Theoretical
Physics?" (Hawking), 299-300
Jackson, Gerald, 185-86
Janus Equation (Spruill), 216
"Jaunt, The" (Ring), 307/z
Jones, David, 80
Jupiter, Jupiter-sized planets, 211, 274
extraterrestrial life and, 133-34,
137-38
Just, Marcel A., 81
Raluza, Theodor, 233-34, 236
Rardashev, Nikolai, 145-46
Kasparov, Garry, 112