Flying Saucers
Science fiction has always had a close association, and an ongoing two-way dialogue, with the subject of UFOs—Unidentified Flying Objects, widely presumed to be extraterrestrial spacecraft. Many of the established elements of ufology made an appearance in
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Pseudoscience and Science Fiction
Science and Fiction
Editorial Board Mark Alpert Philip Ball Gregory Benford Michael Brotherton Victor Callaghan Amnon H Eden Nick Kanas Geoffrey Landis Rudi Rucker Dirk Schulze-Makuch R€ udiger Vaas Ulrich Walter Stephen Webb
Science and Fiction – A Springer Series This collection of entertaining and thought-provoking books will appeal equally to science buffs, scientists and science-fiction fans. It was born out of the recognition that scientific discovery and the creation of plausible fictional scenarios are often two sides of the same coin. Each relies on an understanding of the way the world works, coupled with the imaginative ability to invent new or alternative explanations—and even other worlds. Authored by practicing scientists as well as writers of hard science fiction, these books explore and exploit the borderlands between accepted science and its fictional counterpart. Uncovering mutual influences, promoting fruitful interaction, narrating and analyzing fictional scenarios, together they serve as a reaction vessel for inspired new ideas in science, technology, and beyond. Whether fiction, fact, or forever undecidable: the Springer Series “Science and Fiction” intends to go where no one has gone before! Its largely non-technical books take several different approaches. Journey with their authors as they • Indulge in science speculation—describing intriguing, plausible yet unproven ideas; • Exploit science fiction for educational purposes and as a means of promoting critical thinking; • Explore the interplay of science and science fiction—throughout the history of the genre and looking ahead; • Delve into related topics including, but not limited to: science as a creative process, the limits of science, interplay of literature and knowledge; • Tell fictional short stories built around well-defined scientific ideas, with a supplement summarizing the science underlying the plot. Readers can look forward to a broad range of topics, as intriguing as they are important. Here just a few by way of illustration: • • • • • • • • •
Time travel, superluminal travel, wormholes, teleportation Extraterrestrial intelligence and alien civilizations Artificial intelligence, planetary brains, the universe as a computer, simulated worlds Non-anthropocentric viewpoints Synthetic biology, genetic engineering, developing nanotechnologies Eco/infrastructure/meteorite-impact disaster scenarios Future scenarios, transhumanism, posthumanism, intelligence explosion Virtual worlds, cyberspace dramas Consciousness and mind manipulation
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11657
Andrew May
Pseudoscience and Science Fiction
Andrew May Crewkerne, United Kingdom
ISSN 2197-1188 ISSN 2197-1196 (electronic) Science and Fiction ISBN 978-3-319-42604-4 ISBN 978-3-319-42605-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42605-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016952248 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by
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