"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 Harry Potter really exi…
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 r…
"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 Harry Potter really exi…
"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 Harry Potter really exi…
"Easy-to-follow and imaginative explanations about the extraordinary physics that invisibly guides our daily lives."
"Easy-to-follow and imaginative explanations about the extraordinary physics that invisibly guides our daily lives"--
"Easy-to-follow and imaginative explanations about the extraordinary physics that invisibly guides our daily lives"--
"Easy-to-follow and imaginative explanations about the extraordinary physics that invisibly guides our daily lives"--
In this fascinating and funny guide, author Tom Rogers examines 20 different topics and shows how, when it comes to filmmaking, the rules of physics are flexible.
Would the bus in Speed really have made that jump? Could a Star Wars ship actually explode in space? What really would have happened if you said "Honey, I shrunk the kids"? Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics is a hilarious guide to the biggest mistakes, most outrageous assumptions…
This is the story of a new science. Beginning with an obscure discovery in 1896, radioactivity led researchers on a quest for understanding that ultimately confronted the intersection of knowledge and mystery. Mysterious from the start, radioactivity attracted researchers who st…
