Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction by Charles L. Adler
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0691147159 | ISBN-13: 9780691147154 | 392 pages | EPUB | 2,1 MB
From teleportation and space elevators to alien contact and interstellar travel, science fiction and fantasy writers have come up with some brilliant and innovative ideas. Yet how plausible are these ideas–for instance, could Mr. Weasley's flying car in the Harry Potter books really exist? Which concepts might actually happen, and which ones wouldn't work at all?