Close Encounters?: Science and Science Fiction
Language: English
Published by CRC Press, 1990
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- Title
- Close Encounters?: Science and Science Fiction
- Author
- Lambourne, R.J
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0852741413
- ISBN 13
- 9780852741412
- Item weight
- 440 grams
Currently, science fiction in all its forms is enjoying enormous popular interest. There can be no doubt that science fiction books and films have great influence on the public view of science and scientists.
Close Encounters? examines the historical development of science fiction as a genre in books and films, tracing its roots, examining its most common ideas, exploring its relationship to "real" science, and attempting to assess its cultural impact. Discussion focuses on major themes such as time travel, politics, religion, ecology, and disasters. The authors consider the science in science fiction, the images of scientists that science fiction conveys, and some of the political, religious, and social motifs prominent in science fiction. They also discuss pseudo-science and its growing influence on the public perception of science.
This fascinating, thought-provoking study should be read by all those interested in how the nature of science and its role in our society is portrayed in science fiction.
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