
Blueprint for a Battlestar
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Packed with stunning images, including 75 illustrations created exclusively for this book, Blueprint for a Battlestar takes twenty-five remarkable and memorable technologies from the world of sci-fi, from Star Wars and The Matrix to Ironman and The Terminator. Each concept will be explained and dissected to reveal the real science behind it. Some are boldly obvious - such as the Death Star and exoskeletons - and some less so (think bio-ports or cloaking devices). All are fascinating and will make wonderful explorations into the science of the future as we understand it today.
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A NASA and JPL insider, Rod Pyle worked for the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA, for 10 years, where he produced Launchlink, a public celebration of NASA's Space Shuttle in conjunction with NASA and FOX-TV, as well as authoring numerous handbooks.
Content
- Intro
- INTRODUCTION
- WEAPONS OF THE FUTURE
- Chapter 1: DEATH FROM ABOVE BUILDING A DEATH PLANET
- Chapter 2: THE ULTIMATE WEAPON MAKING A DEATH RAY
- Chapter 3: SHIELDS UP! CREATING A FORCEFIELD
- Chapter 4: SWORDS OF HEAT USING LIGHT SWORDS
- Chapter 5: JUDGMENT DAY THE RISE OF AI
- Chapter 6: STUN, KILL, OR DISINTEGRATE RAY GUNS AND ROCKET RIFLES
- FANTASTIC VOYAGES
- Chapter 7: ROCKET SCIENCE HOW TO FLY A JET PACK
- Chapter 8: WORMHOLES TRAVELING FASTER-THAN-LIGHT
- Chapter 9: SPACE-AGED WAGON TRAINS TRAVELING BY STARSHIP
- Chapter 10: THEY DON'T WORK ON WATER REAL-LIFE HOVERBOARDS
- Chapter 11: ARE WE THERE YET?
- Chapter 12: LIVING IN SPACE HOW TO BUILD A SPACE COLONY
- Chapter 13: WHAT'S NEXT? CONQUERING MARS
- LIFE-BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
- Chapter 14: MORE THAN HUMAN LIVING WITH FEMBOTS
- Chapter 15: ATOMIC MANUFACTURING THE NANOTECH REVOLUTION
- Chapter 16: MAN OR MACHINE? TERMINATOR-STYLE CYBORGS
- Chapter 17: MY PET T-REX HOW JURASSIC PARK GOT IT WRONG
- Chapter 18: HANDS-FREE
- Chapter 19: AUTO-DIAGNOSIS TRICORDERS BEYOND STAR TREK
- Chapter 20: ECO-ENGINEERING THE SCIENCE OF TERRAFORMING
- Chapter 21: PLUGGING IN BIO-PORTS AND CRANIAL INTERFACES
- Chapter 22: WHO'S OUT THERE?: FINDING EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL LIFE
- Chapter 23: STOPPED COLD BECOMING IMMORTA
- Chapter 24: DISAPPEARING ACT ACHIEVING INVISIBLE
- Chapter 25: BUILDING TOMORROW THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PICTURE CREDITS
- FURTHER READING
- SOURCES
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