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The Science in science fiction / general editor, Peter Nicholls ; contributors, David Langford, Brian Stableford.

Title
The Science in science fiction / general editor, Peter Nicholls ; contributors, David Langford, Brian Stableford.
Publication
New York : Knopf, 1983, c1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Langford, David
  • Langford, David, 1953-
  • Nicholls, Peter, 1939-
  • Stableford, Brian M.
Description
208 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.
Summary
Presents some of the interesting true and false predictions of science fiction, including space travel, extraplanetary life, weaponry, telepathy, etc.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Popular works
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 202-206.
Contents
Journey into space -- The secret is energy -- Aliens -- The limits of the possible -- Time travel and other universes -- Holocaust and catastrophe -- Intelligent machines -- Men and supermen -- Dreams and nightmares of the future -- Powers of the mind -- Mysteries of the past and present -- Where science fiction gets it wrong
ISBN
  • 0394530101
  • 0394713648 (pbk.)
OCLC
8689657
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library