Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science

• Main Author: May, Andrew (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Science and Fiction,
• Subjects: Physics.; Popular Science in Physics.; Physics, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.