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As mentioned, the physics of star trek was a good light read, so ill give it three stars for its interesting concept, but no more, since i had to wade through several chapters of the almost boilerplate physics that accompanies almost any popularlevel physics book. The selections presented here offer two such attempts. Petersburg times one of the years best gifts for a sciencefiction fan. It is the third book by krauss, who later wrote a followup titled beyond star trek in 1997. The physics of star trek free ebooks download ebookee.
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