Name: Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction (en Inglés)
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Author: Lerner, Edward M.
ISBN: 9781612423654

portada Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Edward M. Lerner

Editorial

Phoenix Pick

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

366

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm

Peso

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9781612423654

Categorías

Ciencia ficción
Novelas de amor

Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction (en Inglés)

Edward M. Lerner (Autor) · Phoenix Pick · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction (en Inglés)"

Men have walked on the Moon. Siri and Alexa manage--at least often enough to be helpful--to make sense of the things we say. Biologists have decoded DNA, and doctors have begun to tailor treatments to suit our individual genetic make-ups. In short: science and tech happen.But faster-than-light travel? Time travel? Telepathy? A six million dollar--as adjusted, of course, for inflation--man? Starfaring aliens? Super-intelligent computers? Those, surely, are mere fodder for storytelling. Or wild extrapolations. Just so many "sci fi" tropes.Sometimes, yes. But not necessarily.In Trope-ing the Light Fantastic, physicist, computer engineer, science popularizer, and award-winning science-fiction author Edward M. Lerner entertainingly examines these and many other SF tropes. The science behind the fiction.Each chapter, along with its eminently accessible scientific discussion, surveys science-fiction--foundational and modern, in short and long written form, on TV and the big screen--that illustrates a particular trope. The good, the bad, and occasionally the cringe-worthy. All imparted with wit (and ample references to learn more).So forget what the Wizard of Oz advised. Let's pull back the curtain...