Indistinguishable From Magic
by Robert L. Forward · first published 1995
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They only mention Indistinguishable from Magic by Robert L Forward once. But it belongs in a bunch of these categories. Basically what it does is pick a variety of topics of interest to science fiction, has a science fact essay about it, then a…
on “Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy and Physics: A Topical Index” ↗FWIW your version is the one I've encountered before. I saw it in a nice book called Indistinguishable From Magic by Robert L. Forward. It is half sci-fi, and half hard science fact. The format is that he first describes a hard science idea that could allow future technology to do something that looks like magic.…
on “Google Will Become an AI Company” ↗…figure out production and storage of antimatter, space travel would be very different. I remember reading a Robert L Forward book where he described all this in great detail. EDIT: I think the book was "Indistinguishable from Magic" which was interesting science-wise but not compelling as a science fiction book. He also seems to have written about antimatter directly: "Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics"
on “Antimatter production, storage, control, annihilation applications in propulsion” ↗