TY - BOOK AU - Nardo,Don TI - Science fiction fan's guide to science SN - 9781678208172 AV - PN3433.5 U1 - 809.3/8762 23/eng/20240411 PY - 2024/// CY - San Diego PB - ReferencePoint Press KW - Science fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Juvenile literature KW - Science in popular culture KW - Science fiction films KW - Influence KW - Literature and technology KW - Science KW - Popular works KW - Literature KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Space travel beyond the Solar System -- Time travel -- The existence of intelligent aliens -- Parallel universes -- Artificial intelligence; Ages 14-18; ReferencePoint Press N2 - "The classic sci-fi novels of H.G. Wells, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke, along with hundreds of sci-fi movies and TV shows, have explored an array of exotic, at times mind-bending themes, among them the existence of intelligent aliens, time travel, and parallel universes. One often asked question is whether such things are scientifically plausible. In this volume, modern physicists and other scientists weigh in and try to answer that question"-- ER -