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Nonfiction Title:
Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions • nonfiction by
Rod Pyle
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions • interior artwork by James Carey
- 10 • Death From Above: Building a Death Planet • essay by Rod Pyle
- 16 • The Ultimate Weapon: Making a Death Ray • essay by Rod Pyle
- 24 • Shields Up!: Creating a Force Field • essay by Rod Pyle
- 32 • Swords of Heat: Using Light Swords • essay by Rod Pyle
- 36 • Judgment Day: The Rise of AI • essay by Rod Pyle
- 42 • Stun, Kill, or Disintegrate: Ray Guns and Rocket Rifles • essay by Rod Pyle
- 52 • Rocket Science: How to Fly a Jet Pack • essay by Rod Pyle
- 58 • Worm Holes: Traveling Faster-Than-Light • essay by Rod Pyle
- 66 • Space-Aged Wagon Trains: Traveling by Starship • essay by Rod Pyle
- 74 • They Don't Work on Water: Real-Life Hoverboards • essay by Rod Pyle
- 78 • Are We There Yet?: The Flying Car • essay by Rod Pyle
- 84 • Living in Space: How to Build a Space Colony • essay by Rod Pyle
- 90 • What's Next?: Conquering Mars • essay by Rod Pyle
- 100 • More Than Human: Living with Fembots • essay by Rod Pyle
- 106 • Atomic Manufacturing: The Nanotech Revolution • essay by Rod Pyle
- 112 • Man or Machine?: Terminator-Style Cyborgs • essay by Rod Pyle
- 122 • My Pet T-Rex: How Jurassic Park Got it Wrong • essay by Rod Pyle
- 128 • Hands-Free: Interfaces in an Iron Man World • essay by Rod Pyle
- 134 • Auto-Diagnosis: Tricorders Beyond Star Trek • essay by Rod Pyle
- 142 • Eco- Engineers: The Science of Terraforming • essay by Rod Pyle
- 152 • Plugging In: Bio-Ports and Cranial Interfaces • essay by Rod Pyle
- 158 • Who's Out There?: Searching for Extraterrestrial Life • essay by Rod Pyle
- 166 • Stopped Cold: Becoming Immortal • essay by Rod Pyle
- 174 • Disappearing Ace: Achieving Invisibility • essay by Rod Pyle
- 182 • Building Tomorrow: The Cities of the Future • essay by Rod Pyle
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