{"id":812,"date":"2023-07-17T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrew-may.com\/blog\/?p=812"},"modified":"2024-12-29T16:07:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:07:01","slug":"new-book-how-space-physics-really-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrew-may.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/new-book-how-space-physics-really-works\/","title":{"rendered":"New book: How Space Physics Really Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is my fifth contribution to Springer\u2019s \u201cScience and Fiction\u201d series, and in some ways my favourite so far, because it deals with a subgenre of SF that particularly appeals to me. The full title is How Space Physics Really Works: Lessons from Well-Constructed Science Fiction<\/em>, and that really sums up what I\u2019m talking about \u2013 SF stories that take the trouble to get their physics right. Here\u2019s the blurb from the book\u2019s back cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a huge gulf between the real physics of space travel and the way it is commonly portrayed in movies and TV shows. That\u2019s not because space physics is difficult or obscure \u2013 most of the details were understood by the end of the 18th century \u2013 but because it can often be bafflingly counter-intuitive for a general audience. The purpose of this book isn\u2019t to criticize or debunk popular sci-fi depictions, which can be very entertaining, but to focus on how space physics really works. This is done with the aid of numerous practical illustrations taken from the works of serious science fiction authors \u2013 from Jules Verne and Arthur C. Clarke to Larry Niven and Andy Weir \u2013 who have taken positive pleasure in getting their scientific facts right.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book has just been published and is available from all good bookshops, as well as online retailers such as Amazon.com<\/a> and Amazon UK<\/a> (paperback: ISBN 978-3-031-33949-3, ebook: 978-3-031-33950-9). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is my fifth contribution to Springer\u2019s \u201cScience and Fiction\u201d series, and in some ways my favourite so far, because it deals with a subgenre of SF that particularly appeals to me. The full title is How Space Physics Really Works: Lessons from Well-Constructed Science Fiction, and that really sums up what I\u2019m talking about … <\/p>\n

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