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Wizards, aliens, and starships : physics and math in fantasy and science fiction / / Charles L. Adler
| Wizards, aliens, and starships : physics and math in fantasy and science fiction / / Charles L. Adler |
| Autore | Adler Charles L |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/8762 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy literature - History and criticism
Science fiction - History and criticism Physics in literature Mathematics in literature Physics Mathematics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-691-19637-0
1-4008-4836-9 |
| Classificazione | HG 672 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. PLAYING THE GAME -- I. POTTER PHYSICS -- CHAPTER TWO. HARRY POTTER AND THE GREAT CONSERVATION LAWS -- CHAPTER THREE. WHY HOGWARTS IS SO DARK -- CHAPTER FOUR. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND HOW TO DISPROVE THEM -- II. SPACE TRAVEL -- CHAPTER FIVE. WHY COMPUTERS GET BETTER AND CARS CAN'T (MUCH) -- CHAPTER SIX. VACATIONS IN SPACE -- CHAPTER SEVEN. SPACE COLONIES -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE SPACE ELEVATOR -- CHAPTER NINE. MANNED INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL -- CHAPTER TEN. ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. SPECULATIVE PROPULSION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER TWELVE. INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND RELATIVITY -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN FASTER-THAN-LIGHT TRAVEL AND TIME TRAVEL. -- III. WORLDS AND ALIENS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. DESIGNING A HABITABLE PLANET -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR SPOCK -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE MATHEMATICS OF TALKING WITH ALIENS -- IV. YEAR GOOGOL -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE SHORT-TERM SURVIVAL OF HUMANITY -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. WORLD-BUILDING -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. DYSON SPHERES AND RINGWORLDS -- CHAPTER TWENTY. ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS AND THE KARDASHEV SCALE -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. A GOOGOL YEARS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX: NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453413503321 |
Adler Charles L
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wizards, aliens, and starships : physics and math in fantasy and science fiction / / Charles L. Adler
| Wizards, aliens, and starships : physics and math in fantasy and science fiction / / Charles L. Adler |
| Autore | Adler Charles L |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/8762 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy literature - History and criticism
Science fiction - History and criticism Physics in literature Mathematics in literature Physics Mathematics |
| ISBN |
0-691-19637-0
1-4008-4836-9 |
| Classificazione | HG 672 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. PLAYING THE GAME -- I. POTTER PHYSICS -- CHAPTER TWO. HARRY POTTER AND THE GREAT CONSERVATION LAWS -- CHAPTER THREE. WHY HOGWARTS IS SO DARK -- CHAPTER FOUR. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND HOW TO DISPROVE THEM -- II. SPACE TRAVEL -- CHAPTER FIVE. WHY COMPUTERS GET BETTER AND CARS CAN'T (MUCH) -- CHAPTER SIX. VACATIONS IN SPACE -- CHAPTER SEVEN. SPACE COLONIES -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE SPACE ELEVATOR -- CHAPTER NINE. MANNED INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL -- CHAPTER TEN. ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. SPECULATIVE PROPULSION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER TWELVE. INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND RELATIVITY -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN FASTER-THAN-LIGHT TRAVEL AND TIME TRAVEL. -- III. WORLDS AND ALIENS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. DESIGNING A HABITABLE PLANET -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR SPOCK -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE MATHEMATICS OF TALKING WITH ALIENS -- IV. YEAR GOOGOL -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE SHORT-TERM SURVIVAL OF HUMANITY -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. WORLD-BUILDING -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. DYSON SPHERES AND RINGWORLDS -- CHAPTER TWENTY. ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS AND THE KARDASHEV SCALE -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. A GOOGOL YEARS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX: NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790720103321 |
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Adler Charles L
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wizards, aliens, and starships : physics and math in fantasy and science fiction / / Charles L. Adler
| Wizards, aliens, and starships : physics and math in fantasy and science fiction / / Charles L. Adler |
| Autore | Adler Charles L |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/8762 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy literature - History and criticism
Science fiction - History and criticism Physics in literature Mathematics in literature Physics Mathematics |
| ISBN |
0-691-19637-0
1-4008-4836-9 |
| Classificazione | HG 672 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. PLAYING THE GAME -- I. POTTER PHYSICS -- CHAPTER TWO. HARRY POTTER AND THE GREAT CONSERVATION LAWS -- CHAPTER THREE. WHY HOGWARTS IS SO DARK -- CHAPTER FOUR. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND HOW TO DISPROVE THEM -- II. SPACE TRAVEL -- CHAPTER FIVE. WHY COMPUTERS GET BETTER AND CARS CAN'T (MUCH) -- CHAPTER SIX. VACATIONS IN SPACE -- CHAPTER SEVEN. SPACE COLONIES -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE SPACE ELEVATOR -- CHAPTER NINE. MANNED INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL -- CHAPTER TEN. ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. SPECULATIVE PROPULSION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER TWELVE. INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND RELATIVITY -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN FASTER-THAN-LIGHT TRAVEL AND TIME TRAVEL. -- III. WORLDS AND ALIENS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. DESIGNING A HABITABLE PLANET -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR SPOCK -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE MATHEMATICS OF TALKING WITH ALIENS -- IV. YEAR GOOGOL -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE SHORT-TERM SURVIVAL OF HUMANITY -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. WORLD-BUILDING -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. DYSON SPHERES AND RINGWORLDS -- CHAPTER TWENTY. ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS AND THE KARDASHEV SCALE -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. A GOOGOL YEARS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX: NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812565903321 |
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Adler Charles L
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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»Ich Tarzan.« : Affenmenschen und Menschenaffen zwischen Science und Fiction / Gesine Krüger, Ruth Mayer, Marianne Sommer
| »Ich Tarzan.« : Affenmenschen und Menschenaffen zwischen Science und Fiction / Gesine Krüger, Ruth Mayer, Marianne Sommer |
| Autore | Krüger Gesine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184) |
| Collana | Science Studies |
| Soggetto topico | Evolutionstheorie; Primaten; Populärkultur; Edgar Rice Burroughs; Wissenschaft; Kulturgeschichte; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts; Popkultur; Geschichtswissenschaft; Science; Cultural History; History of Science; History of the 20th Century; Popular Culture; History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cultural History
History of Science History of the 20th Century History Popular Culture |
| ISBN | 3-8394-0882-2 |
| Classificazione | HG 672 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Inhalt 5 Figuren des Dazwischen. Menschenaffen und Affenmenschen als Grenzwesen. Eine Einleitung 7 Schrift und Gewalt bei Tarzan. Meuchelmorde - Liebesbriefe - (unmögliche) Utopien 21 Was will Jane im Dschungel? Film als Medium der Primatologie von Tarzan bis Jane Goodall 49 »The answer to his life's riddle lay in these tiny marks«. Forensische Spuren in E.R. Burroughs' »Tarzan of the Apes« 73 »Tarzan at the Ear th's Core«. Die Evolution von Menschenaffen, Affenmenschen und Menschen als Science/fiction 89 Tarzan und der Tonfilm. Verhandlungen zwischen »science« und »fiction« 113 Ent-Artung? Tarzan, Charles Darwin, Max Nordau und der Mann der Zukunft 131 Unter Menschen. Die Schimpansin Mafuka im Dresdner Zoologischen Garten (1873-75) 147 Zu den Herausgeberinnen, Autorinnen und Autoren 179 Backmatter 181 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996308822903316 |
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Krüger Gesine
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| Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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»Ich Tarzan.« : Affenmenschen und Menschenaffen zwischen Science und Fiction / Gesine Krüger, Ruth Mayer, Marianne Sommer
| »Ich Tarzan.« : Affenmenschen und Menschenaffen zwischen Science und Fiction / Gesine Krüger, Ruth Mayer, Marianne Sommer |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184) |
| Disciplina | 304.5 |
| Collana | Science Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionstheorie
Science Cultural History Primaten History of Science Populärkultur History of the 20th Century Edgar Rice Burroughs Popular Culture Wissenschaft History Kulturgeschichte Wissenschaftsgeschichte Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts Popkultur Geschichtswissenschaft |
| ISBN |
9783839408827
3839408822 |
| Classificazione | HG 672 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Inhalt 5 Figuren des Dazwischen. Menschenaffen und Affenmenschen als Grenzwesen. Eine Einleitung 7 Schrift und Gewalt bei Tarzan. Meuchelmorde - Liebesbriefe - (unmögliche) Utopien 21 Was will Jane im Dschungel? Film als Medium der Primatologie von Tarzan bis Jane Goodall 49 »The answer to his life's riddle lay in these tiny marks«. Forensische Spuren in E.R. Burroughs' »Tarzan of the Apes« 73 »Tarzan at the Ear th's Core«. Die Evolution von Menschenaffen, Affenmenschen und Menschen als Science/fiction 89 Tarzan und der Tonfilm. Verhandlungen zwischen »science« und »fiction« 113 Ent-Artung? Tarzan, Charles Darwin, Max Nordau und der Mann der Zukunft 131 Unter Menschen. Die Schimpansin Mafuka im Dresdner Zoologischen Garten (1873-75) 147 Zu den Herausgeberinnen, Autorinnen und Autoren 179 Backmatter 181 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Krüger et al. (Hg.), »Ich Tarzan.« Affenmenschen und Menschenaffen zwischen Science und Fiction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910372822003321 |
| Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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