Impossible possibilities

Impossible
	Possibilities
	Prologue: A Few Thoughts
	A Second Renaissance
	THE FIFTH CARAVEL AND THE FIRST ASTRONAUT
	THE FIRST FAREWELL FROM THE ORIENT
	LOST SOURCES
	THE REDISCOVERY OF FREEDOM
	THE YOUTHFULNESS OF THE ANCIENTS
	FRESH WIND IN THE SAILS
	TOWARD A NEW PLEIADE
	Three Windows on Infinity
	WE SEND SIGNALS TO THE STARS
	THE SECOND WINDOW: RADIO ASTRONOMY
	THE THIRD WINDOW:
	THE SECRET OF PONTECORVO
	DECISIVE REASONS FOR PACIFISM
	New Hypotheses of Modern Astronomy
	A THICKET OF THEORIES
	A BILLION INHABITED PLANETS IN OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY?
	PROTO-MATTER OR THE ORIGIN OF THE STARS
	IS THERE AN ANTIPODE WORLD BEYOND THE WORLD?
	FROM PASCUAL JORDAN . . .
	. . . TO EAVESDROPPING ON THE STARS
	MESSAGES FROM OUTER SPACE AND THE SECRET OF THE RADIO WAVES
	THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GALAXIES
	WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE STARS?
	Parapsychological Research in the Soviet Union
	SURPRISES ARE DUE
	THE SILVER SPOON AND THE MATERIALIST
	DOES THE EYE EMIT RADIATION?
	FIELDS OF ENERGY AND THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE
	A PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH INTO PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL FORCES
	WIRELESS RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN BRAINS?
	STATUS OF RESEARCH IN THE SOVIET UNION TODAY
	Are There Intelligent Beings Beyond the Earth?
	FROM THE TINY TOPINAMBUR TO THE MIGHTY GALAXY
	INTELLIGENCES FROM OUTER SPACE
	LIFE OLDER THAN THE STARS
	FROM THE BIOLOGICAL TO THE MECHANICAL EVOLUTION
	ON THE ESSENCE OF THOUGHT
	RESERVES OF INFORMATION IN OUTER SPACE
	RECEIVERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSIONS
	FROM MacGOWAN’S MACHINES TO CLARKE’S BUTTERFLY
	OUR SOULS WHISPER IN THE SHADOWS
	The History of Electronic Brains
	PRESENT AND FUTURE STATUS OF THOUGHT MACHINES
	THE MAN WHO LIKED QUIET . . .
	. . . AND THE MAN WHO HATED THE TELEPHONE OPERATOR
	ONE OF THE GREAT GENIUSES OF OUR TIME
	AS SIGNIFICANT AS E=mc2
	FASTER AND FASTER THINKING
	MAGIC CUPBOARDS OF TODAY
	1200 MILES OF LITERATURE PER HOUR
	MACHINES WITH CHARACTER
	TOMORROW THEY WILL SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE
	DIALOGUE BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE
	THINKING MIRRORS
	CONNECTION TO A NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE
	The Four States of Matter
	DO WE KNOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE?
	A SCIENTIFIC WORLD OF ITS OWN
	A GAS THAT BEHAVES LIKE A METAL
	THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF MODERN PHYSICS
	NO SUCH THING AS AN INTERSTELLAR VACUUM: THE UNIVERSE IS SATURATED WITH PLASMA
	AN ALL-CONSUMING FIRE
	POWER PLANTS WITHOUT TURBINES
	PLASMA ROCKETS TO THE PLANETS
	Genetic Research at Present and in the Future
	FROM MAN TO SUPERMAN
	A THOUSAND-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIA IN ONE SPERM HEAD
	THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF LIFE
	INFLUENCING LIVING MATTER
	THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF LIFE: FOUR LETTERS AND TWENTY WORDS
	THE INFORMATION-CARRIERS: RNA
	GENESIS OF A LIVING BEING
	DARING VISIONS: CHANGING THE HEREDITARY MASS
	CONTINUING EVOLUTION
	IS MAN THE HIGHEST FORM OF EVOLUTION?
	Man and the Universe
	MICRO-ORGANISMS 250 MILLION YEARS OLD
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	TO OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS
	THE PLACE OF MAN IN THE UNIVERSE
	Life Out of a Test Tube
	SCIENCE’S GREATEST ADVENTURE
	THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE BEFORE THE GENESIS OF LIFE
	WHEN HYDROGEN EVAPORATES
	THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALCHEMISTS
	THE CHAIN OF LIFE
	GENERATING LIFE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND IT
	RETURN TO LOUIS PASTEUR
	LIVING ORGANISMS IN THE ANTIPODE WORLD
	THE NUMBER FIVE AND LIFE
	SYNTHETIC LIVING ORGANISMS HAVE TO BE STIMULATED INTO LIFE
	Antimatter: A Scientific Fact
	PARALLEL WORLDS
	ELECTRON AND POSITRON
	FROM ANTI-PARTICLES TO ANTIMATTER
	THE MOST GIGANTIC ENERGY STORAGE PLANT
	WITH THE FLYING TORCH TO THE STARS
	THE DARK SIDE OF ANTIMATTER
	ANTIMATTER AND SCIENCE
	AS FAR AS THE MIND CAN REACH
	Magic and Science
	FACTS AND NOTHING BUT FACTS
	MAGIC AND PHARMACEUTICS
	SMITHS, ALCHEMISTS, MAGICIANS
	MAGIC AND ELECTRICITY
	WATER AND ITS SECRETS
	HYPNOSIS AND SUGGESTION
	MAGIC AND SCENTED SUBSTANCES
	AN ATTEMPT AT AN EXPLANATION
	FIRST HYPOTHESIS: CHANCE
	SECOND HYPOTHESIS: A KNOWLEDGE HIGHER THAN SCIENCE
	THIRD HYPOTHESIS: ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE
	How We Will Live in 1984
	HOW I SEE OUR FUTURE
	THE BATTLE OF THE WATERS WILL BE WON
	HOW DOES ONE AVOID BEING A NUMBER?
	ARE WE BECOMING IMMORTAL?
	PROBLEMS THAT HAVE SOLVED THEMSELVES
	THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE FOR EVERYMAN
	NEW SCIENCES
	THE SCIENCE OF DESTINY
	A NEW RELIGIOUS WAR
	DRUGS, TIME, AND SPACE
	MAN IS NO LONGER DISSATISFIED
	War Games with Electronic Computers
	A MAD WORLD
	MARTIANS INVADE THE EARTH
	DISMANTLE THE PLANES TO KEEP THEM SAFE
	FALSE INTUITIONS ARE EXPENSIVE
	A FUTURE POSSIBILITY: BASES ON THE MOON
	THREE DOCUMENTS TOWARD THE PREVENTION OF THE IRREVOCABLE
	WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE ARE THEY?
	Giants in the Universe: The Quasars
	A NEW PHYSICS IS BORN
	WHAT ARE QUASARS?
	AS BIG AS A GALAXY OR SMALLER THAN A STAR?
	THE THEORY OF HOYLE AND NARLIKAR
	MYSTERIOUS GRAVITY
	CONSTANTLY SELF-GENERATING WORLDS?
	IS THERE AN ASTRONOMICAL CODE, LIKE THE GENETIC CODE?
	HOFTMANN’S IDEA:
	ANNOYANCE AS THE ANTIMATTER
	Unsuspected Possibilities
	JOINING BRAINS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO LEAD SEVERAL LIVES
	MIND-CONTROLLED MACHINES
	DO DRUGS MAKE BETTER PEOPLE?
	WILL PSYCHOCHEMISTRY CONQUER MODERN MAN’S FEAR OF LIFE?
	INTELLIGENCE PILLS?
	DRUGS REMOVE SPACE AND TIME
	PERHAPS ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS WILL SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS
	The Miracle of the Cell
	A JOURNEY TO THE LIMITS OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
	PROGRAMMED CELLS PRODUCE ANY DESIRED SUBSTANCE AND EFFECT MUTATIONS
	ELECTRONIC BRAINS OUT OF LIVING MATTER?
	COLOR TELEVISION PICTURES
	WITH INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCED MICROBES
	WILL THE CELL REVEAL TO US THE SECRET OF PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY?
	AMOEBAS AS BIG AS OXEN
	CELLS AS MASTERS OF ESPIONAGE
	RESTORATION OF A LIVING ORGANISM FROM A SINGLE CELL
	IS THE SECRET OF EVOLUTION HIDDEN IN THE CELL?