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Zoran Živkovic First Contact and Time Travel This volume collects both essays and fictional material around two core topics in the long career of the Serbian writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. The first topic - first contact - is chiefly represented by his comprehensive essay on "The Theme of... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-07-12 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF 24,25 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Andrew May Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF)... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-05-26 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF 26,36 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Massimo Villata The Dark Arrow of Time This riveting scientific novel combines adventure, love, suspense, magic, pathos, and mystery in a carefully woven plot that is full of unexpected twists and turns. The author is an astrophysicist who has developed an alternative theory, which holds that traveling in... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-11-17 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF 21,09 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Russell Blackford Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination In this highly original book, Russell Blackford discusses the intersection of science fiction and humanity’s moral imagination. With the rise of science and technology in the 19th century, and our continually improving understanding of the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-09-05 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Stephen Cass , Kevin R. Grazier Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation Informative, entertaining and upbeat, this book continues Grazier and Cass's exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated—first by... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-08-02 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 24,25 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Stephen Webb All the Wonder that Would Be It has been argued that science fiction (SF) gives a kind of weather forecast – not the telling of a fortune but rather the rough feeling of what the future might be like. The intention in this book is to consider some of these bygone forecasts made by SF and to use... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-05-03 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 26,36 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Paul J. Nahin Time Machine Tales This book contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel. The emphasis of this book is now on the philosophical and on science fiction, rather than on physics, as in the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-12-24 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Michael Brotherton Science Fiction by Scientists This anthology contains fourteen intriguing stories by active research scientists and other writers trained in science. Science is at the heart of real science fiction, which is more than just westerns with ray guns or fantasy with spaceships. The people who do science... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-11-15 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Michael Carroll Europa's Lost Expedition This classically styled, chilling murder mystery about an expedition under the ice of Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa, backed up by the latest scientific findings on this icy satellite. The science fiction premise explores real possibilities of exploring other bodies in the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-09-26 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 21,09 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Andrew May Pseudoscience and Science Fiction Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavours that have little in common with... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-09-13 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 24,25 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Harun Šiljak Murder on the Einstein Express and Other Stories This collection of stories touches upon many genres: Normed Trek is a clever and witty Alice-in-Wonderland-type narrative set in the realm of mathematical analysis, The Cantor Trilogy is a dystopia about the consequences of relying upon computer-based... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-06-14 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : ePub 21,09 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Nick Kanas The Caloris Network The year is 2130.The first-ever expedition is sent to Mercury to search for the cause of an unknown source of electromagnetic radiation that can destroy space ships passing by the planet. Thought to be inhospitable and lifeless, the surface of Mercury provides startling... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-05-13 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : ePub 21,09 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
David Deamer , David Deamer , Wallace Kaufman The Hunt for FOXP5 Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant. As if this were not enough she soon finds herself... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-05-03 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : ePub 21,09 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
H. G. Stratmann Using Medicine in Science Fiction This book offers a clearly written, entertaining and comprehensive source of medical information for both writers and readers of science fiction. Science fiction in print, in movies and on television all too often presents dubious or simply incorrect depictions of human... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-09-14 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Giancarlo Genta A Man From Planet Earth Sometime in the not-too-distant future ... unbeknownst to Earth, the Galaxy is home to a number of spacefaring societies. This confederation enforces a strict protocol forbidding any contact with civilizations that have not yet achieved both a substantial spacefaring... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-08-26 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 21,09 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Stephen Cass , Kevin R. Grazier Hollyweird Science Lighthearted, quirky, and upbeat, this book explores the portrayal of science and technology on both the big and little screen -- and how Hollywood is actually doing a better job of getting it right than ever before. Grounded in the real-word, and often cutting-edge,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-07-27 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 31,64 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Michael Carroll On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea Titan is practically a planet in its own right, with a diameter similar to that of Mercury, methane rainstorms, organic soot and ethane seas. All of the most detailed knowledge on the moon's geology, volcanology, meteorology, marine sciences and chemistry are... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-06-26 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 26,36 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Stephen Webb If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-05-18 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 31,64 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Jayant V. Narlikar The Return of Vaman - A Scientific Novel This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V. Narlikar offers readers a unique glimpse into the world-famous Indian astrophysicist’s vivid and highly imaginative concepts and stories.The fictional material comprises a witty short story ("The rare idol of... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-05-12 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : PDF, ePub 26,36 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Erik Seedhouse Beyond Human Beyond Human is an informative and accessible guide for all those interested in the developing sciences of genetic engineering, bio printing and human cloning. Illustrating the ideas with reference to well-known science fiction films and novels, the author provides a... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2014-08-01 Collection : Science and Fiction Format(s) : ePub 21,09 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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