Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible

Season 1

12 episodes · Nov 30, 2009

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  • S1E1

    How to Explore the Universe

    Dec 1, 2009

    Exploring the universe on a ship that can boldly go where no man has gone before isn't just a sci fi dream. Dr Michio Kaku reveals how we really could one day build a warp drive and set out on our own star trek.

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  • S1E2

    How to Travel to a Parallel Universe

    Dec 1, 2009

    A gateway to a world of limitless possibilities. The parallel universes of science fiction turn out to be as real as they are fantastic. Dr Michio Kaku reveals how future civilizations could build a machine to reach one.

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  • S1E3

    How to Blow Up a Planet

    Dec 8, 2009

    The crosshairs are lined up, a death ray is fired and a planet is vaporized. Sci fi fantasy? Not according to Dr Michio Kaku, who draws up blueprints to show how a real death star might work. The technology could be here sooner than you think!

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  • S1E4

    How to Teleport

    Dec 15, 2009

    Teleportation is sci fi's most exciting way to travel. Imagine zapping your molecules through space on a transporter beam right out of Star Trek - Dr Michio Kaku reveals how we might all one day be saying 'beam me up Scotty'.

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  • S1E5

    How to Become Invisible

    Dec 22, 2009

    A cloak of invisibility isn't just some Harry Potter fantasy- Dr. Michio Kaku draws up the blueprints for a real invisibility cloak and reveals that vanishing into thin air could be much closer than we think.

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  • S1E6

    How to Travel Through Time

    Dec 29, 2009

    Hurtling back in time to visit the dinosaurs is not an impossible fantasy! Dr Michio Kaku draws up blueprints for a working time machine that will let us visit the past and travel back to the future.

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  • S1E7

    How to Build a Starship

    Jan 5, 2010

    Hurtling across the galaxy in a starship powered by anti-matter isn't some sci fi writer's impossible dream, as Dr Michio Kaku proves when he reveals his blueprints for a spacecraft that can journey to the stars. Alpha Centaurii is nearer than you think.

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  • S1E8

    How to Build a Light Saber

    Jan 12, 2010

    Michio Kaku shows the theoretical physics behind building a light saber

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  • S1E9

    How to Build a Sci Fi Robot

    Jan 19, 2010

    Michio Kaku presents his design for creating an intelligent robot similar to those found inside of films such as Star Wars. Will his new design work?

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  • S1E10

    How to Become a Superhero

    Jan 26, 2010

    Michio Kaku reveals his plan to create a super suit which will give the wearer superpowers equivalent to that of the superheroes found in comic books! This can all be done using the laws of physics.

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  • S1E11

    How to Build a Fying Saucer

    Feb 9, 2010

    Defying gravity and hurtling through space: the flying saucer is the ultimate science fiction vehicle. Using cutting-edge research and theoretical physics, Dr. Michio Kaku reveals how one day we could all be using the aliens' favorite mode of transport.

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  • S1E12

    How to Build a Force Field

    Feb 16, 2010

    Every starship needs armor to protect it from asteroids and enemy attack- Dr. Michio Kaku reveals how cutting edge science could be used to create force fields that might one day save our space craft from an alien onslaught.

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