326
perpetual motion machines and,
257-58, 268
quantum theory and, 230, 235-39,
241-48
string theory and, 234-40, 299
time travel and, 225-26
types of, 230-49
paramagnets, 14
Paris in the Twentieth Century (Verne),
xii-xiii
parity-reversed (P-reversed) universes,
190-93
particle accelerators, 201, 283, 298-99,
303
antimatter and, 180-83
parallel universes and, 235-37
ripping space and, 212-15
pattern recognition 110-13, 115, 117
Pauli, Wolfgang, 295-96, 298
Payload for Antimatter-Matter
Exploration and Light-Nuclei
Astrophysics (PAMELA), 184-85
Penfield, Wilder, 85
Penrose, Roger, 104, 108-9, 310rc-llrc
Perez, Gil, 306n
perpetual motion machines, xiv,
257-71, 284, 314rc
entropy and, 265-66
in history, 260-63
as hoaxes, 261-64, 266-67
Persistence of Memory (Dali), 232
personal fabricators, 100-101
Pfurtscheller, Gert, 84
Phoenix, Project, 132
photochromatics, 10-11, 15
photoelectric effect, 37, 56
photolithography, 24, 28
photonic crystals, 26-27
photons, 37-39, 56, 63, 190, 227
lasers and, 38-39, 66
physics, physicists:
of advanced civilizations, 145-47
completeness of, 299-303
of Death Stars, 49-50
Raku's background in, x-xi
playground of, 220-24
Pickover, Clifford, 141
Planck, Max, 37, 88
Planck energy, 212-15, 249
planets, 134-36
see also extrasolar planets
plasma, plasmas, 42
force fields and, 8-10, 15
fusion and, 45-46
particle accelerators and, 214-15
space travel and, 157-58, 165, 173
plasmonics, 26-27
Plato, 17, 305n
Pluto, 163, 166, 185, 200
positron-emission tomography (PET),
77
precognition, xvi-xviii, 272-84
and advanced waves from future,
276-81, 283
on Doomsday, 273-75
possibility of, 275-76
Prometheus, Project, 162
psychokinesis, ix, xvii, 88-102
brain and, 94-98, 101
real world and, 90-91
robots and, 95, 98-102
science and, 91-93
Ptolemy, 231
Pythagoreans, 294-95
quantum chromodynamics (QCD),
296-97
quantum theory, xii, 30, 76-77, 141,
144, 178, 186-87, 193, 206, 214,
293-97, 305rc
and advanced waves from the future,
279-80, 283
computers and, 66-69, 123, 204
and future of the impossible, 285-86,
290, 293-94, 296-97, 316rc
parallel universes and, 230, 235-39,
241-48
probability in, 58-60, 241-43, 245
relativity and, 221, 235-36
revolution of, 36-38, 56-58, 77, 285
robots and, 105, 109, 123, 310n-llrc
Schrôdinger's cat problem and,
242-44
tachyons and, 280, 282
teleportation and, xvi, 56-69
time travel and, 222, 225, 227
radio, radio signals, radio waves, xvii,
76-77, 269, 288
antimatter and, 191, 193
extraterrestrial life and, 130-33
lasers and, 38, 40
psychokinesis and, 94, 100
space travel and, 158, 177
telepathy and, 76, 85
rail guns, 170-72, 176
perpetual motion machines and,
257-58, 268
quantum theory and, 230, 235-39,
241-48
string theory and, 234-40, 299
time travel and, 225-26
types of, 230-49
paramagnets, 14
Paris in the Twentieth Century (Verne),
xii-xiii
parity-reversed (P-reversed) universes,
190-93
particle accelerators, 201, 283, 298-99,
303
antimatter and, 180-83
parallel universes and, 235-37
ripping space and, 212-15
pattern recognition 110-13, 115, 117
Pauli, Wolfgang, 295-96, 298
Payload for Antimatter-Matter
Exploration and Light-Nuclei
Astrophysics (PAMELA), 184-85
Penfield, Wilder, 85
Penrose, Roger, 104, 108-9, 310rc-llrc
Perez, Gil, 306n
perpetual motion machines, xiv,
257-71, 284, 314rc
entropy and, 265-66
in history, 260-63
as hoaxes, 261-64, 266-67
Persistence of Memory (Dali), 232
personal fabricators, 100-101
Pfurtscheller, Gert, 84
Phoenix, Project, 132
photochromatics, 10-11, 15
photoelectric effect, 37, 56
photolithography, 24, 28
photonic crystals, 26-27
photons, 37-39, 56, 63, 190, 227
lasers and, 38-39, 66
physics, physicists:
of advanced civilizations, 145-47
completeness of, 299-303
of Death Stars, 49-50
Raku's background in, x-xi
playground of, 220-24
Pickover, Clifford, 141
Planck, Max, 37, 88
Planck energy, 212-15, 249
planets, 134-36
see also extrasolar planets
plasma, plasmas, 42
force fields and, 8-10, 15
fusion and, 45-46
particle accelerators and, 214-15
space travel and, 157-58, 165, 173
plasmonics, 26-27
Plato, 17, 305n
Pluto, 163, 166, 185, 200
positron-emission tomography (PET),
77
precognition, xvi-xviii, 272-84
and advanced waves from future,
276-81, 283
on Doomsday, 273-75
possibility of, 275-76
Prometheus, Project, 162
psychokinesis, ix, xvii, 88-102
brain and, 94-98, 101
real world and, 90-91
robots and, 95, 98-102
science and, 91-93
Ptolemy, 231
Pythagoreans, 294-95
quantum chromodynamics (QCD),
296-97
quantum theory, xii, 30, 76-77, 141,
144, 178, 186-87, 193, 206, 214,
293-97, 305rc
and advanced waves from the future,
279-80, 283
computers and, 66-69, 123, 204
and future of the impossible, 285-86,
290, 293-94, 296-97, 316rc
parallel universes and, 230, 235-39,
241-48
probability in, 58-60, 241-43, 245
relativity and, 221, 235-36
revolution of, 36-38, 56-58, 77, 285
robots and, 105, 109, 123, 310n-llrc
Schrôdinger's cat problem and,
242-44
tachyons and, 280, 282
teleportation and, xvi, 56-69
time travel and, 222, 225, 227
radio, radio signals, radio waves, xvii,
76-77, 269, 288
antimatter and, 191, 193
extraterrestrial life and, 130-33
lasers and, 38, 40
psychokinesis and, 94, 100
space travel and, 158, 177
telepathy and, 76, 85
rail guns, 170-72, 176