Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science

People are used to seeing "fake physics" in science fiction - concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers - especially those with a background in professional science - are so adept at &quo...

Πλήρης περιγραφή

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Κύριος συγγραφέας: May, Andrew (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2019.
Σειρά:Science and Fiction,
Θέματα:
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
LEADER 03175nam a2200457 4500
001 978-3-030-13314-6
003 DE-He213
005 20191220130548.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 190412s2019 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 |a 9783030133146  |9 978-3-030-13314-6 
024 7 |a 10.1007/978-3-030-13314-6  |2 doi 
040 |d GrThAP 
050 4 |a QC1-999 
072 7 |a PDZ  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a SCI055000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a PDZ  |2 thema 
082 0 4 |a 530  |2 23 
100 1 |a May, Andrew.  |e author.  |4 aut  |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 
245 1 0 |a Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science  |h [electronic resource] /  |c by Andrew May. 
250 |a 1st ed. 2019. 
264 1 |a Cham :  |b Springer International Publishing :  |b Imprint: Springer,  |c 2019. 
300 |a X, 170 p. 33 illus., 21 illus. in color.  |b online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
490 1 |a Science and Fiction,  |x 2197-1188 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Science Fiction Posing as Science Fact -- The Relativity of Wrong -- The Art of Technobabble -- Spoofs in Science Journals -- April Fool -- Making a Point -- Thinking Outside the Box -- Appendix: Science for Crackpots. 
520 |a People are used to seeing "fake physics" in science fiction - concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers - especially those with a background in professional science - are so adept at "technobabble" that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac Asimov's 1948 piece about the fictitious time-travelling substance thiotimoline was written, not as a short story, but in the form of a spoof research paper. The boundaries between fact and fiction can also be blurred by physicists themselves - sometimes unintentionally, sometimes with tongue-in-cheek, sometimes to satirize perceived weaknesses in research practices. Examples range from hoaxes aimed at exposing poor editorial standards in academic publications, through "thought experiments" that sound like the plot of a sci-fi movie to April Fools' jokes. Even the latter may carry a serious message, whether about the sociology of science or poking fun at legitimate but far-out scientific hypotheses. This entertaining book is a joyous romp exploring the whole spectrum of fake physics - from science to fiction and back again. 
650 0 |a Physics. 
650 1 4 |a Popular Science in Physics.  |0 http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/Q29000 
650 2 4 |a Physics, general.  |0 http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/P00002 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9783030133139 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9783030133153 
830 0 |a Science and Fiction,  |x 2197-1188 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13314-6  |z Full Text via HEAL-Link 
912 |a ZDB-2-PHA 
950 |a Physics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)