Webb Visions of Tomorrow

Exploring Classic Sci-Fi Stories Through the Lens of Modern Science
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-77600-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Science and Fiction

This anthology invites readers to revisit twelve timeless stories from visionary authors while pondering the scientific advancements they foreshadowed, making it ideal for fans of both science fiction and science.

In Algernon Blackwood’s , the concept of extra spatial dimensions is explored, while Miles J. Breuer’s examines time as a dimension in relativity. Stanley Waterloo’s touches on efforts to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence, and Max Adeler’s raises questions about humanity’s readiness for first contact with alien life. Machine learning and AI feature in Edward L. Sabin’s , while Saki’s explores targeted advertising’s transformation through AI. Edward Bellamy’s predicts devices like smartphones and sparks discussions on the future of scientific publishing. G.K. Chesterton’s delves into augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies. Edgar Wallace’s provides a historical lens on pandemics and communication of scientific uncertainty. J. Arbuthnot Wilson’s looks at suspended animation and modern cryonics, while Edgar Allan Poe’s tackles advances in medical technology and definitions of death. Finally, Guy de Maupassant’s explores the potential for humanity to be supplanted by new life forms.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Webb, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Other dimensions of space.- Relativity.- Messaging extraterrestrial intelligence.- First contact.- Applications of machine learning.- The science of persuasion.- The future of science publishing.- Reality–augmented, virtual, and mixed.- Pandemic.- Suspended animation.- Advances in medical technology.- Humans supplanted.

Über Autor(innen)

Following a first-class honours degree in Physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester Stephen Webb has worked at a number of UK universities. In addition to shorter works, he has published eleven books – one of which won the SETI League award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize (now Royal Society Winton Prize) for best science book. He is active in outreach activities, having spoken at numerous international conferences, podcasts and radio shows, and his 2018 TED Talk has been viewed over 6 million times. He has published an undergraduate textbook  (Springer, 1999) as well as several popular science books, among them  (Springer, 2012) and the second edition of  (Springer, 2015).