An interesting read - partly because of the topic, but partly because it was written in the 1990s and its fun to see how some of the ideas have changed or science and technology have moved on since then. I wasn't expecting to like ti particularly, but I did.

Super interesting and eye-opening.

I read this many many years ago and only remembered it today after seeing a post on social media on whether the Enterprise could be built today. From what I recall, I enjoyed it, even as a youngster. The concepts were explained competently and I felt like I could explain the Heisenberg Compensator with the best of them. Of course, it's not a terribly important work a quarter century later, but it fired my imagination and deepened my love for the whole Trek universe.

"L'aspetto forse più affascinante dei viaggi nel tempo in Star Trek è che non esiste una possibilità più radicale di violare la Prima Direttiva."

Buonissimo saggio, che prende spunto dall'universo di ST per divulgare e discutere concetti fisici tra i più disparati.
Molto interessante, a patto che vi interessino gli argomenti e che siate non dico fan, ma almeno abbiate visto un pò di episodi e film di ST.
In caso contrario, lasciate perdere.

Closer to 4.5/5.

About sixteen years old, some of the commentary here features the present absence of later advances on exoplanets, etc. However, it is still an enjoyable romp through science-related plot points of Star Trek movies and series including Deep Space Nine and Voyager. Much of the focus is on relativistic realities around distance and time (the universe is bigger than even this cinematic universe suggests) as well as electromagnetic properties such as no one would really be able to see a phase blast if it is an energy beam and not a particle beam, etc.

Nice

This book was difficult to make it through, but overall I am glad I finished it. There is a lot of complex physics jargon, which as a high school student who has never taken a physics class in his life, I was a little lost. However the author's humor and ability to connect these complex concepts back to Star Trek was good enough to keep me around until the end. I just wish the concepts were simplified a little more so the average Star Trek fan, who may not be so knowledgeable about physics, can still enjoy the scientific aspects of the book.

Un buon esempio di cazzeggio intellettuale intelligente, che a partire da uno spunto di fantasia (almeno fino ad oggi), ragiona in lungo e in largo, nello spazio e nel tempo, anzi nello spazio-tempo dei meandri della fisica.

n  Smart reading!n


n  STAR TREK TECHNOBABBLEn

You have to give attention to a book when Stephen Hawking does the foreword!

In this reference book, Lawrence M. Krauss, the author, engages into the area of topics that Star Trek always has been a pioneer in the media field...

...the presentation of science-fiction in way that you may very well think that eventually it will be possible...

...even more in account when you think that some of the "futuristic" technololgy presented, not only in the Original Series, but also in the spin-offs, it was already made possible thanks to the inspiration of using in the TV shows, such like automatic doors, touch screens, cell phones, tablets, hyposprays, portable computers, etc...

...so it's quite advisable to take a moment to study about the more ambitious technologies that they are still to be possible, but with time, resources and intelligence, I am sure that they will be possible too eventually.

Therefore, here you can read about the plausibility of advances such like warp engines, transporters, phasers, holodecks, along with the study of space phenomenons that still are in the theorical level, like wormholes, subspace, time travel, etc...

Star Trek isn't only a franchise to be beyond its time in areas like social rights but it has been since the beginning a beacon of inspiration of bright new minds to reach out a way to make a reality many of the futuristic gadgets to make them a nowadays common tools.

Star Trek designing the future... today!

Ik moest t lezen van mijn zus...laat ik het daar maar houden (arghhh)

Per i fan di Star Trek, un libro da non perdere.