Blockbuster science : the real science in science fiction
Bernstein, David Siegel, 1967-2017
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Click and Collect for Blockbuster science : the real science in science fictionWritten by an author who is both a data scientist and a science fiction writer, this entertaining and accessible book uses popular science fiction movies, stories, and TV shows to explain the science behind popular narrative concepts like time travel, lightsabers, AI, genetic mutation, asteroids, cyborgs, black holes, alien invasion, the zombie apocalypse, and more. Learn about relativity through Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and the movie Interstellar; black holes and wormholes in connection with Contact and Planet of the Apes; theories about the origin of life as reflected in Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and computer science and artificial intelligence in reference to A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
Main title:
Blockbuster science : the real science in science fiction / David Siegel Bernstein.
Author:
Imprint:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2017.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes glossaryIncludes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN:
9781633883697
Dewey class:
809.38762791.43615500
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
313718
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 500 BER | Available |
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