Blockbuster Science: The Real Science in Science Fiction [Hardcover]

The book covers everything, with a truly encyclopaedic ability to fire example after example from science fiction to illustrate the science being discussed&. Because this book is all about the science of science fiction, there are examples that blur the line between the two and really capture the imagination&. If you are looking for a primer on a wide range of sciences and a wide range of science fiction, then Blockbuster Science is your hitchhikers guide.Nature PhysicsDavid Siegel Bernsteins charming and engaging book is a whirlwind tour of the mind-bending ideas and discoveries at the heart of modern science. Reality is often stranger than fiction; Blockbuster Science is a welcoming guide to anyone who wants to explore the ever-expanding boundaries between proven science and inspired speculation.?Andre Bormanis, television writer and producer, and science consultant for the Star Trek television and film franchiseIts always scarier if its possible, and Blockbuster Science takes the fiction out of science fiction. Brilliant, weird, and unnerving. Highly recommended!?Jonathan Maberry, New York Timesbestselling author of Patient Zero and Mars OneIf you've ever wondered how much real science goes into movies like Gravity, novels like The Martian, and television shows like Dr. Who, this is the book for you. Written by an author who is both a data scientist and a science fiction writer, this entertaining science primer provides lucid, jargon-free explanations of key scientific principles while referencing well-known science fiction books, movies, and TV shows.The reader learns 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; computer science and artificial intelligence in reference to A.I. Artificial Il£Ý