New light through old windows: exploring contemporary science through 12 classic science fiction tales

Auteur :
Webb, Stephen
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030031947
Date de publication :
23 janv. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
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.