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| Preface | ||
| Some (Extra-Terrestrial) Acknowledgments | ||
| Contributors | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | A Science Fiction Primer for the Uninitiated | 3 |
| 2 | Science in Science Fiction: A Writer's Perspective | 21 |
| 3 | The Search for a Definition of Mankind: H. G. Wells and His Predecessors | 35 |
| 4 | Planetary Chemistry in 100 Years of Science Fiction | 53 |
| 5 | Beryllium, Thiotimoline, and Pate de Fois Gras: Chemistry in the Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | 77 |
| 6 | The Improbable Properties of Imipolex G: Chemistry and Materials Science in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow | 91 |
| 7 | Sherlock Holmes: The Eccentric Chemist | 105 |
| 8 | The Right Environment: Using Real Chemistry as a Basis for Science Fiction | 127 |
| 9 | On the Covers of Science Fiction Magazines | 137 |
| 10 | Where No One Has Gone Before: Chemistry in Star Trek | 157 |
| 11 | Chemistry in TV Science Fiction: Star Trek and Dr. Who | 173 |
| 12 | The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline | 205 |
| 13 | Pate de Foie Gras | 211 |
| 14 | Temporal Chirality: The Burgenstock Communication | 227 |
| 15 | Science Fiction: A Classroom Resource | 233 |
| 16 | Using Science Fiction To Help Teach Science: A Survey of Chemists and Physicists | 241 |
| 17 | Space, Time, and Education | 251 |
| Appendix: Recommendations for Further Reading | 269 | |
| Index | 285 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Todd Mills
reviewed Chemistry and Science Fiction on October 31, 2012
Chemistry and Science Fiction
The author has taken a compelling, important theme and hidden it behind heavy academic-speak and meaningless catchphrases. While the book was too frustrating to finish, the many works mentioned give good ideas for further reading.
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