Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists

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Kevin R. Grazier
BenBella Books, Aug 30, 2011 - Performing Arts - 272 pages
Scientific experts explore the ideas behind the hit TV show.
 
Fringe Science delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of Fringe with a collection of essays on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show’s moral philosophy and the consequences of playing God.
 
  • MIT physics professor Max Tegmark illuminates the real-life possibilities of parallel universes
  • Stephen Cass, founding editor of Discover’s Science Not Fiction blog and a senior editor with MIT Technology Review, unravels Fringe’s use of time travel
  • Award-winning science fiction historian Amy H. Sturgis walks us through the show’s literary and television ancestors, from the 1800s on
  • Television Without Pity staff writer Jacob Clifton looks at the role of the scientist, and scientific redemption, through the ever-shifting role of Massive Dynamic
  • Garth Sundem, bestselling author of Brain Candy, explores the mysterious way that memory works, from why Walter forgets to how Olivia remembers
  • Paul Levinson, award-winning author of The Silk Code, shows how Fringe re-invents themes from golden-age 1950s science fiction
 
And more, from lab cow Gene’s scientific résumé to why the Observers should be wearing white lab coats.

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Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists
Kevin R. Grazier
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Kevin R. Grazier
Limited preview - 2011

About the author (2011)

Kevin R. Grazier, PhD, has been a research scientist at NASA, served as the science advisor for shows like Eureka and Battlestar Galactica, and lectured on astronomy, cosmology, and other out-of-this-world topics at UCLA and Santa Monica College.

Contributors to Fringe Science include: Brendan Allison, Amy Berner, Mike Brotherton, Stephen Cass, Jacob Clifton, Jovana Grbic, Robert Jeschonek, Paul Levinson, Nick Mamatas, Amy H. Sturgis, Garth Sundem, and David Thomas

Bibliographic information

TitleFringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists
EditorKevin R. Grazier
ContributorsBrendan Allison, Amy Berner, David Dylan Thomas, Amy H. Sturgis, Paul Levinson, Max Tegmark, Mike Brotherton, Garth Sundem, Jovana Grbic, Stephen Cass, Nick Mamatas, Robert T. Jeschonek, Jacob Clifton
PublisherBenBella Books, 2011
ISBN1935618911, 9781935618911
Length272 pages
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Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Performing Arts / Television / Genres / Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Science / Essays
  
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