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Andrew May

Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science

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People are used to seeing fake physics in science fiction - concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers - especially those with a background in professional science - are so adept at technobabble that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac Asimov's 1948 piece about the fictitious time-travelling substance thiotimoline was written, not as a short story, but in the form of a spoof research paper. The boundaries between fact and fiction can also be blurred by physicists themselves - somet… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-3-030-13313-9
  • EAN: 9783030133139
  • Produktnummer: 29825225
  • Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 170 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D0.9 cm 283 g
  • Auflage: 2019
  • Abbildungen: Book; 15 schwarz-weiße und 15 farbige Abbildungen, Bibliographie
  • Gewicht: 283

Über den Autor


Andrew May obtained a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Manchester in 1982 and is an experienced and versatile professional, with a career spanning academia, government and private industry. Since the start of 2011 he has been working as a freelance writer and defence consultant. He has a wide range of interests and has written both authoritatively and entertainingly on the physical sciences, military technology, British history, science fiction, New Age beliefs and the paranormal. He has recently published Pseudoscience and Science Fiction (2017), The Telescopic Tourist's Guide to the Moon (2017) and Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War (2018) with Springer.

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