Author: ADLER, CHARLES L.
Title: Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Description: New Jersey, Princeton University Press. 2014, First Edition. (ISBN: 0691147159) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Book and jacket in as new unread condition. 378pp. The author looks at the ideas which have come out of science fiction and considers their plausibility from a scientific viewpoint. He looks at authors such as Ursula K Le Guin to J K Rowling and visual media like Star Trek and Avatar to explore what might become reality using simple mathematical models in some cases. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: Science, Physics, Science Fiction, Astrophysics 0691147159
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Title: Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Description: New Jersey, Princeton University Press. 2014, First Edition. (ISBN: 0691147159) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Book and jacket in as new unread condition. 378pp. The author looks at the ideas which have come out of science fiction and considers their plausibility from a scientific viewpoint. He looks at authors such as Ursula K Le Guin to J K Rowling and visual media like Star Trek and Avatar to explore what might become reality using simple mathematical models in some cases. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: Science, Physics, Science Fiction, Astrophysics 0691147159
Price: GBP 16.00 = appr. US$ 22.85 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 024895
- Book number: 024895
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