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INDEX
Kawakami, Naoki, 31
Relley, James Patrick, 307/1
Kelly, John Ernst Worrell, 261-62
Kelvin, Lord, xiii-xiv, 34
Kepler, Johannes, 126, 158
Kepler satellite, 138-39
Kerr, Roy, 210-11
King, Stephen, 89-90, 307/z
Kolb, Rocky, 287
Lady Wonder, 74
Langleben, Daniel, 79
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), 201,
212-13, 237, 283, 298-99
Laser Interferometer Gravitational
Wave Observatory (LIGO), 288,
290
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
(LISA), 289-90, 298
lasers, 34-50, 64, 66-67, 82, 197, 212,
249, 281, 289
as beam weapons, 34-36, 38-39,
41-43, 45, 47, 50, 52, 306/1
Death Stars and, 34-35, 39, 43, 45,
47, 50
extraterrestrial life and, 126, 132
force fields and, 3, 7, 9-11, 15
fusion and, 43-46
how they work, 38-39
invisibility and, 27, 32
nuclear-fired X-ray, 47-50
particle accelerators and, 214-15
psychokinesis and, 100-101
space travel and, 152, 159, 165, 168,
172, 178
telepathy and, 72-73
types of, 39-41
Lawson's criterion, 44
Lee, T. D., 191
Lenat, Douglas, 113-14
Leonardo da Vinci, 104-5, 261
lévitation:
magnets and, 11-15
psychokinesis and, 88, 93, 97-98
Levy, Walter, 74
Lewis, C. S., 229
lie detectors, 77-80
light, 267, 308«
beam weapons and, 34-36, 42
bending of, 22-23, 25-28, 205-6, 208
extraterrestrial life and, 134, 136,
139
future and, 194, 286, 288-89, 302-3
invisibility and, 16, 19-20, 22-29,
31-32
lasers and, 10, 27, 32, 34-35, 38-41,
46, 72-73, 82, 126, 132, 281, 306rc
Maxwell on, 19, 36, 57, 93, 105,
199-200, 233-34, 276-77, 302
in moving backward in time, 276-77
parallel universes and, 233-34
photoelectric effect and, 37, 56
speed of, ix, 19, 22, 42, 61-62, 159-61,
163-65, 169-70, 172, 175-77, 194,
197-205, 219, 224, 281, 286, 288,
303, 306/1
tachyons and, 280-82
teleportation and, 63-65
traveling faster than, 194, 197-98,
201-15, 218-19, 224, 280-82, 303
light sabers, 34-35, 39, 42, 52
Limited Test Ban Treaty, 162-63
Linde, Andrei, 250, 252
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The
(Lewis), 229
Looking Glass universes, 190-91
Lord of the Rings, The (Tolkien), 16-17
Macbeth (Shakespeare), 273
magnetic confinement, 45-47
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
101
functional (1MRI), 77, 79-82
handheld, 82-83
lie detectors and, 77, 79-80
telepathy and, 77-84, 86-87
magnetism, magnetic fields, xi, 67, 135,
260
antimatter and, 180-82
brain scans and, 77, 82-83
force fields and, 4-9, 11-15
fusion and, 45-47
space travel and, 158, 172-73, 176
UFOs and, 151-52
"Man Without a Body, The" (Mitchell),
54
many worlds theory, 226-27
parallel universes and, 244-46, 314/1
Mars, x, 36, 200, 274, 315/1
antimatter and, 182, 186
extraterrestrial life and, 127-28, 135
robot rovers on, 109, 116
space travel and, 157-58, 172-73
masers, 38
Maxwell, James Clerk, 18-20, 76, 264
on EM, 7, 18-19
INDEX
Kawakami, Naoki, 31
Relley, James Patrick, 307/1
Kelly, John Ernst Worrell, 261-62
Kelvin, Lord, xiii-xiv, 34
Kepler, Johannes, 126, 158
Kepler satellite, 138-39
Kerr, Roy, 210-11
King, Stephen, 89-90, 307/z
Kolb, Rocky, 287
Lady Wonder, 74
Langleben, Daniel, 79
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), 201,
212-13, 237, 283, 298-99
Laser Interferometer Gravitational
Wave Observatory (LIGO), 288,
290
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
(LISA), 289-90, 298
lasers, 34-50, 64, 66-67, 82, 197, 212,
249, 281, 289
as beam weapons, 34-36, 38-39,
41-43, 45, 47, 50, 52, 306/1
Death Stars and, 34-35, 39, 43, 45,
47, 50
extraterrestrial life and, 126, 132
force fields and, 3, 7, 9-11, 15
fusion and, 43-46
how they work, 38-39
invisibility and, 27, 32
nuclear-fired X-ray, 47-50
particle accelerators and, 214-15
psychokinesis and, 100-101
space travel and, 152, 159, 165, 168,
172, 178
telepathy and, 72-73
types of, 39-41
Lawson's criterion, 44
Lee, T. D., 191
Lenat, Douglas, 113-14
Leonardo da Vinci, 104-5, 261
lévitation:
magnets and, 11-15
psychokinesis and, 88, 93, 97-98
Levy, Walter, 74
Lewis, C. S., 229
lie detectors, 77-80
light, 267, 308«
beam weapons and, 34-36, 42
bending of, 22-23, 25-28, 205-6, 208
extraterrestrial life and, 134, 136,
139
future and, 194, 286, 288-89, 302-3
invisibility and, 16, 19-20, 22-29,
31-32
lasers and, 10, 27, 32, 34-35, 38-41,
46, 72-73, 82, 126, 132, 281, 306rc
Maxwell on, 19, 36, 57, 93, 105,
199-200, 233-34, 276-77, 302
in moving backward in time, 276-77
parallel universes and, 233-34
photoelectric effect and, 37, 56
speed of, ix, 19, 22, 42, 61-62, 159-61,
163-65, 169-70, 172, 175-77, 194,
197-205, 219, 224, 281, 286, 288,
303, 306/1
tachyons and, 280-82
teleportation and, 63-65
traveling faster than, 194, 197-98,
201-15, 218-19, 224, 280-82, 303
light sabers, 34-35, 39, 42, 52
Limited Test Ban Treaty, 162-63
Linde, Andrei, 250, 252
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The
(Lewis), 229
Looking Glass universes, 190-91
Lord of the Rings, The (Tolkien), 16-17
Macbeth (Shakespeare), 273
magnetic confinement, 45-47
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
101
functional (1MRI), 77, 79-82
handheld, 82-83
lie detectors and, 77, 79-80
telepathy and, 77-84, 86-87
magnetism, magnetic fields, xi, 67, 135,
260
antimatter and, 180-82
brain scans and, 77, 82-83
force fields and, 4-9, 11-15
fusion and, 45-47
space travel and, 158, 172-73, 176
UFOs and, 151-52
"Man Without a Body, The" (Mitchell),
54
many worlds theory, 226-27
parallel universes and, 244-46, 314/1
Mars, x, 36, 200, 274, 315/1
antimatter and, 182, 186
extraterrestrial life and, 127-28, 135
robot rovers on, 109, 116
space travel and, 157-58, 172-73
masers, 38
Maxwell, James Clerk, 18-20, 76, 264
on EM, 7, 18-19