Fringe Science

Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Television, Science & Nature, Science
Cover of the book Fringe Science by David Dylan Thomas, Amy H. Sturgis, Paul Levinson, Max Tegmark, Mike Brotherton, Garth Sundem, Jovana Grbic, Brendan Allison, Stephen Cass, Amy Berner, Nick Mamatas, Robert T. Jeschonek, Jacob Clifton, BenBella Books
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Author: David Dylan Thomas, Amy H. Sturgis, Paul Levinson, Max Tegmark, Mike Brotherton, Garth Sundem, Jovana Grbic, Brendan Allison, Stephen Cass, Amy Berner, Nick Mamatas, Robert T. Jeschonek, Jacob Clifton ISBN: 9781935618911
Publisher: BenBella Books Publication: August 30, 2011
Imprint: Smart Pop Language: English
Author: David Dylan Thomas, Amy H. Sturgis, Paul Levinson, Max Tegmark, Mike Brotherton, Garth Sundem, Jovana Grbic, Brendan Allison, Stephen Cass, Amy Berner, Nick Mamatas, Robert T. Jeschonek, Jacob Clifton
ISBN: 9781935618911
Publisher: BenBella Books
Publication: August 30, 2011
Imprint: Smart Pop
Language: English

Scientific experts explore the ideas behind the hit TV show.

Fringe Science delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of Fringe with a collection of essays on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show’s moral philosophy and the consequences of playing God.

  • MIT physics professor Max Tegmark illuminates the real-life possibilities of parallel universes
  • Stephen Cass**,** founding editor of Discover’s Science Not Fiction blog and a senior editor with MIT Technology Review, unravels Fringe’s use of time travel
  • Award-winning science fiction historian Amy H. Sturgis walks us through the show’s literary and television ancestors, from the 1800s on
  • Television Without Pity staff writer Jacob Clifton looks at the role of the scientist, and scientific redemption, through the ever-shifting role of Massive Dynamic
  • Garth Sundem**,** bestselling author of Brain Candy, explores the mysterious way that memory works, from why Walter forgets to how Olivia remembers
  • Paul Levinson, award-winning author of The Silk Code, shows how Fringe re-invents themes from golden-age 1950s science fiction

And more, from lab cow Gene’s scientific résumé to why the Observers should be wearing white lab coats.

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Scientific experts explore the ideas behind the hit TV show.

Fringe Science delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of Fringe with a collection of essays on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show’s moral philosophy and the consequences of playing God.

And more, from lab cow Gene’s scientific résumé to why the Observers should be wearing white lab coats.

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