Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Rare and modern books
Adler, Charles L.
Princeton University Press,
2014
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Rare and modern books
Adler, Charles L.
Princeton University Press,
2014
16.00 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 2014
- ISBN
- 0691147159
- Place of printing
- New Jersey
- Author
- Adler, Charles L.
- Publishers
- Princeton University Press
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.5 inches
- Edition
- First Edition
- Keyword
- Science, Physics, Science Fiction, Astrophysics
- Cover description
- Fine
- Binding description
- Hard Cover
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Fine
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- True
Description
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.
