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Publication: Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions

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  • Publication: Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest InventionsPublication Record # 653937
  • Author: Rod Pyle
  • Date: 2016-10-11
  • ISBN: 978-1-4549-2134-9 [1-4549-2134-X]
  • Publisher: Sterling Publishing
  • Price:
    $24.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 191+[1]
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NONFICTION
  • Cover: Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions by James Carey
  • Notes:
    • $27.95 in Canada.
    • Cover art not credited but cover illustrations (front and back) are just interior illustrations.
    • Interior art credited on copyright page.
    • Interior art also includes a number of photographs and some stock images. These are not listed below but most are credited on page 188.
    • Page 188 also has a "Further Reading" list.
    • Pages 189-191 are a list of sources used for the book.
    • Page [192] is a final blueprint.
    • Illustrated boards duplicate the dustjacket with the flap copy printed on the back.
    • "First published in the UK in 2016" on copyright page.
    • Amazon.com puts the publication date at 2016-10-11.
  • External IDs:
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Nonfiction Title: Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions • nonfiction by Rod Pyle

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