19 April 2024
A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars
... all the usual suspects - rockets, light and fusion. The final chapter, entitled “Scientific speculation and science fiction” does what you’d expect and goes the extra mile to discuss space warps, wormholes and suspended...
11 January 2016
Space Rock Legend David Bowie Dies Aged 69
... was characterized by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electronic organs, synthesizers, experimental guitar work and science fiction or outer-space related lyrics. Bowie's “Space Oddity” is one of the most famous examples of a space...
26 February 2018
Beyond – Our Future in Space
... and entertainment value, each of the four sections begins with what the author calls ‘a fictional vignette’, a sign perhaps of a budding science fiction author. As such, this book is probably not one for the space expert. That said...
08 April 2019
The Exoplanet Handbook (2nd edition)
Throughout most of the history of science fiction, it has been assumed that ours is not the only solar system and that ... no Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but it does make the latter seem a little less fictional than it did when it was published.
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
...practically and aesthetically. By introducing new collaborative art and science research, which looks at space living designs, culture ... their professions by the cultural experiences (often science fiction) of their youth, including literature, films...
February 2016
Space for Art
...inspire students, educators, and society’s interest in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths) education, and to... to better communicate scientific data, or science fiction that’s led to science fact, or that the most talented engineers...