All the wonder that would be : exploring past notions of the future /: exploring past notions of the future. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Webb.
• Authors: Webb, Stephen
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; 1: Introduction; 1.1 A Portrait of the Author as a Young SF Fan; 1.2 Law Zero; 1.3 The Old Default Future; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Multimedia; 2: Antigravity; 2.1 Antigravity in Science Fiction; 2.2 Antigravity in Science; 2.2.1 Negative Matter; Antimatter Is Not Negative Matter; 2.2.2 Warp Drives and Wormholes; The Casimir Effect; 2.2.3 Dark Energy; 2.3 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Visual Media; 3: Space Travel; Relativistic Time Dilation; 3.1 The Science-Fictional Solar System; 3.2 Halfway to Anywhere? 3.2.1 The Cost of Space3.2.2 Spacemen?; 3.2.3 The Final Frontier?; 3.2.4 The Real Final Frontier; 3.3 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Visual Media; 4: Aliens; 4.1 Extraterrestrials in Science Fiction; 4.1.1 TV Aliens; 4.1.2 Alien Aliens; 4.1.3 Engaging Aliens; 4.1.4 Alien Invasion; 4.1.5 So Where Are They?; 4.2 The Fermi Paradox; 4.2.1 A Humans-Only Galaxy?; 4.3 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Visual Media; 5: Time Travel; 5.1 Time Travel in Science Fiction; 5.1.1 Immutable Timelines; 5.1.2 Mutable Timelines; 5.1.3 Time Viewers. 5.2 The Physics of Time Travel5.2.1 What Is Time?; 5.2.2 Tachyons; Faster than Light Particles Can Signal the Past; 5.2.3 Closed Timelike Curves; Time-Travel for Computing?; 5.3 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Visual Media; 6: The Nature of Reality; 6.1 Science Fiction: An Escape to Reality?; 6.1.1 Itś Not Paranoia If They Really Are Out to Get You; 6.1.2 Virtual Realities; 6.1.3 Parallel Realities; 6.1.4 Summary; 6.2 Science and Reality; 6.2.1 Are We Living in a Simulation?; 6.2.2 Quantum Weirdness and Parallel Worlds; Ontic and Epistemic States; 6.3 Conclusion; Notes. 8.2.3 The Robotś Dilemma8.2.4 All Hail Our Robot Overlords?; 8.3 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Visual Media; 9: Transportation; 9.1 Around the World in 80 Ways; 9.1.1 Jetpacks; 9.1.2 Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; 9.1.2.1 Air Travel; 9.1.2.2 The Locomotive; 9.1.2.3 The Internal Combustion Engine; 9.1.3 Teleportation; 9.2 Transport Today; 9.2.1 Jetpacks-Really?; 9.2.2 Getting from A to B; 9.2.2.1 Mass Transport; 9.2.2.2 Automobiles; Six Levels of Driving Automation; 9.2.3 Quantum Teleportation; 9.3 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Non-fiction; Fiction; Visual Media.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 809.3/8762; Popular works; Science fiction -- History and criticism; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary; Science fiction; Popular Science; Popular Science in Physics; Popular Science in Astronomy; Popular Science in Technology; Popular Life Sciences; Science -- Astronomy; Technology & Engineering -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Popular astronomy & space; Popular science; Life sciences: general issues; Astronomy; Science -- Physics; Physics; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319517599; 3319517597
• Related ISBNs: 9783319517582; 3319517589
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 16, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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