New light through old windows : exploring contemporary science through 12 classic science fiction tales
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Science in literature.

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Published
Switzerland : Springer, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
3030031942, 9783030031947

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This book presents the reader with some of the earliest classic SF short stories - all of them published between 1858 and 1934, featuring both well-known and long-forgotten writers - dealing for the first time with topics to which science had (some) answers only at much later stages. This includes aspects of alien life forms, transmogrification, pandemics, life on Mars, android robots, big data, matter transmission and impact events to name but a few. The short stories are reprinted in full alongside extensive commentaries which also examine some of the latest scientific thinking surrounding the story's main theme and provide the reader with suggestions for further reading. -- ‡c From publisher's description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Webb, S., Doyle, A. C., Hodgson, W. H., London, J., Weinbaum, S. G. 1., Bierce, A., Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1., Lasswitz, K., Mitchell, E., Stockton, F. R., Milne, R. D., O'Brien, F. J., & Wells, H. G. 1. (2019). New light through old windows: exploring contemporary science through 12 classic science fiction tales . Springer.

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Stephen, Webb et al.. 2019. New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales. Switzerland: Springer.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen, Webb et al.. New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales Switzerland: Springer, 2019.

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Webb, S., Doyle, A. C., Hodgson, W. H., London, J., Weinbaum, S. G. 1., Bierce, A. and Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1. et al (2019). New light through old windows: exploring contemporary science through 12 classic science fiction tales. Switzerland: Springer.

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Webb, Stephen,, et al. New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science Through 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales Springer, 2019.

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