The Physics of Star Trek

New York: Basic Books, 1995. CD2 - A 5th printing hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Lawrence M. Krauss to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, long diagonal crease on the front flap, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, significant tanning and light shelf wear. With a foreword by Stephen Hawking. 9.5"x6.5", 765 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Lawrence M. (Maxwell) Krauss is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who taught at Arizona State University (ASU), Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project in 2008 to investigate fundamental questions about the universe and served as the project's director. Krauss is an advocate for public understanding of science, public policy based on sound empirical data, scientific skepticism, and science education. An anti-theist, Krauss seeks to reduce the influence of what he regards as superstition and religious dogma in popular culture. Krauss is the author of several bestselling books, including The Physics of Star Trek (1995) and A Universe from Nothing (2012), and chaired the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Board of Sponsors. . Signed by Author. 5th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.