Blueprint for a Battlestar
Serious Scientific Explanations for Sci-Fis Greatest Inventions
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2016
192 pages
978-1-78131-625-2 (ISBN)
Description
This beautifully illustrated pop science book which answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as " Do hoverboards really exist?" , " How can you bring a dinosaur back to life?" and " Can we really travel in time and space?"
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-78131-625-2 (9781781316252)
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09/2016
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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
