How does Warp change or evolved through the different shows of Star Trek? A while back I set myself the task of (re)watching ever Star Trek in chronological order with the aim of breaking down some of the best and worst bits of science we see.

Mostly Star Trek is excellent science in scifi and we can see how the newer shows take the time to develop their approach in line with a deeper understanding of Physics.

Star Trek Enterprise is, truthfully, not the best show out there, but they do try to join together classic TOS Subspace with the 1994 paper by Miguel Alcubierre as a way of developing the theory around warp and bringing it more into science than fiction.

Join me on my journey through the science of Star Trek. The quicker we get past Enterprise the better for everyone!

-- About Me --
I'm Abi, a phd student at the University of Oxford working in plasma acceleration. I love to get super nerdy about pop culture and find ways to explain complicated topics in physics. It's a nerd revolution and I'm here for it!

--- Some References and Reading ---
1. The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity by Miguel Alcubierre: Open Access version [ Ссылка ]

2. The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss

3. Creating Antimatter at CERN [ Ссылка ]

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