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Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact

Cooper Keith
Innbundet / 2025 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781789149944
Publisert
2025-03-17
Utgiver
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Reaktion Books
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216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter
Cooper Keith

Biographical note

Keith Cooper is a science journalist who has written for New Scientist, Physics World, Sky & Telescope, Space.com and Supercluster, among others. He has a degree in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Manchester and has edited Astronomy Now magazine for nearly 20 years. His books include The Contact Paradox (2019).

Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact

Cooper Keith
Innbundet / 2025 / Engelsk
Cooper Keith
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a double sunset on Tatooine, stand among the sand dunes of Arrakis, or gaze at a gas-giant planet from the moon of Pandora? In Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact, Keith Cooper explores the fictional planets from films such as Star Wars, Dune and Avatar, and discusses how realistic they are based on our current scientific understanding and astronomical observations. The real exoplanets astronomers are now discovering are truly stranger than fiction, as the author shows. Featuring insights from over a dozen scientists and award-winning science fiction authors, including Charlie Jane Anders, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds, Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact is perfect for readers of popular science and fans of science fiction.
Les mer
Surveys the realism of planets in sci-fi films like <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Dune</i>.
1 Strange, New Worlds
2 Home Away From Home
3 Lands of Sand
4 Ocean Worlds
5 Worlds of Always Winter
6 The Worlds of Always-Day and Always-Night
7 Lands of the Rising Suns
8 Exomoons
9 Weird Worlds
10 Ecumenopolises
Epilogue

Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Les mer

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a double sunset on Tatooine, stand among the sand dunes of Arrakis, or gaze at a gas-giant planet from the moon of Pandora? In Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact, Keith Cooper explores the fictional planets from films such as Star Wars, Dune and Avatar, and discusses how realistic they are based on our current scientific understanding and astronomical observations. The real exoplanets astronomers are now discovering are truly stranger than fiction, as the author shows. Featuring insights from over a dozen scientists and award-winning science fiction authors, including Charlie Jane Anders, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds, Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact is perfect for readers of popular science and fans of science fiction.
Les mer
Surveys the realism of planets in sci-fi films like <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Dune</i>.
1 Strange, New Worlds
2 Home Away From Home
3 Lands of Sand
4 Ocean Worlds
5 Worlds of Always Winter
6 The Worlds of Always-Day and Always-Night
7 Lands of the Rising Suns
8 Exomoons
9 Weird Worlds
10 Ecumenopolises
Epilogue

Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781789149944
Publisert
2025-03-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Reaktion Books
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter
Cooper Keith

Biographical note

Keith Cooper is a science journalist who has written for New Scientist, Physics World, Sky & Telescope, Space.com and Supercluster, among others. He has a degree in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Manchester and has edited Astronomy Now magazine for nearly 20 years. His books include The Contact Paradox (2019).

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