Scientists on their favourite science fiction

Michael Brown; Alice Gorman; Bryan Gaensler; Duncan Galloway; Geraint Lewis; Helen Maynard-Casely; Matthew Browne; Rob Brooks

Scientists on their favourite science fiction

Michael Brown, Alice Gorman, Bryan Gaensler, Duncan Galloway, Geraint Lewis, Helen Maynard-Casely, Matthew Browne, Rob Brooks

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

54 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Tales of strange alien worlds, fantastic future technologies and bowls of sentient petunias have long captivated audiences worldwide. But science fiction is more than just fantasy in space; it can educate, inspire and expand our imaginations to conceive of the universe as it might be.

We invited scientists to highlight their favourite science fiction novel or film and tell us what it was that captivated their imagination – and, for some, how it started their career.

Original language	English
Number of pages	9
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 28 Dec 2015

Keywords

Science Fiction

Access to Document

Published versionFinal published version, 8.67 MBLicence: CC BY-ND

https://theconversation.com/scientists-on-their-favourite-science-fiction-51738Licence: CC BY-ND

Cite this

@misc{7de061d6b21a45faa97974cc4bdfbb08,

title = "Scientists on their favourite science fiction",

abstract = "Tales of strange alien worlds, fantastic future technologies and bowls of sentient petunias have long captivated audiences worldwide. But science fiction is more than just fantasy in space; it can educate, inspire and expand our imaginations to conceive of the universe as it might be.We invited scientists to highlight their favourite science fiction novel or film and tell us what it was that captivated their imagination – and, for some, how it started their career.",

keywords = "Science Fiction",

author = "Michael Brown and Alice Gorman and Bryan Gaensler and Duncan Galloway and Geraint Lewis and Helen Maynard-Casely and Matthew Browne and Rob Brooks",

year = "2015",

month = dec,

day = "28",

language = "English",

journal = "The Conversation",

issn = "2201-5639",

publisher = "The Conversation Media Group",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Scientists on their favourite science fiction

AU - Brown, Michael

AU - Gorman, Alice

AU - Gaensler, Bryan

AU - Galloway, Duncan

AU - Lewis, Geraint

AU - Maynard-Casely, Helen

AU - Browne, Matthew

AU - Brooks, Rob

PY - 2015/12/28

Y1 - 2015/12/28

N2 - Tales of strange alien worlds, fantastic future technologies and bowls of sentient petunias have long captivated audiences worldwide. But science fiction is more than just fantasy in space; it can educate, inspire and expand our imaginations to conceive of the universe as it might be.We invited scientists to highlight their favourite science fiction novel or film and tell us what it was that captivated their imagination – and, for some, how it started their career.

AB - Tales of strange alien worlds, fantastic future technologies and bowls of sentient petunias have long captivated audiences worldwide. But science fiction is more than just fantasy in space; it can educate, inspire and expand our imaginations to conceive of the universe as it might be.We invited scientists to highlight their favourite science fiction novel or film and tell us what it was that captivated their imagination – and, for some, how it started their career.

KW - Science Fiction

M3 - Article

SN - 2201-5639

JO - The Conversation

JF - The Conversation

ER -

Scientists on their favourite science fiction

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this