LEADER 04226nam 22006495 450 001 9910254583903321 005 20200701210420.0 010 $a3-319-42605-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-42605-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000857604 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-42605-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4684331 035 $a(PPN)195512421 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000857604 100 $a20160913d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPseudoscience and Science Fiction /$fby Andrew May 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 181 p. 45 illus., 28 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aScience and Fiction,$x2197-1188 311 $a3-319-42604-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Charles Fort and the Forteans -- Anomalous Phenomena -- High-Tech Paranoia -- Flying Saucers -- Mind Power -- Space Drives and Anti-Gravity -- Technology of the Ancients -- Conspiracy Theories. 330 $aAliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity ? are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavours that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that pseudoscience is presented as fact, not fiction. Yet like SF, and unlike real science, pseudoscience is driven by a desire to please an audience ? in this case, people who ?want to believe?. This has led to significant cross-fertilization between the two disciplines. SF authors often draw on ?real? pseudoscientific theories to add verisimilitude to their stories, while on other occasions pseudoscience takes its cue from SF ? the symbiotic relationship between ufology and Hollywood being a prime example of this. This engagingly written, well researched and richly illustrated text explores a wide range of intriguing similarities and differences between pseudoscience and the fictional science found in SF. Andrew May has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in astrophysics from Manchester University. After many years in academia and the private sector, he now works as a freelance writer and scientific consultant. He has written pocket biographies of Newton and Einstein, as well as contributing to a number of popular science books. He has a lifelong interest in science fiction, and has had several articles published in Fortean Times magazine. 410 0$aScience and Fiction,$x2197-1188 606 $aPhysics 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aFiction 606 $aPhilosophy of nature 606 $aPopular Science in Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q29000 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aFiction$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/825000 606 $aScience, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/A11007 606 $aPhilosophy of Nature$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34040 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aFiction. 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature. 615 14$aPopular Science in Physics. 615 24$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aFiction. 615 24$aScience, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Nature. 676 $a500 700 $aMay$b Andrew$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0823854 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254583903321 996 $aPseudoscience and Science Fiction$91833076 997 $aUNINA