Archive:Exploring science through fiction

Welcome to Exploring science through fiction.

This learning project uses science fiction to introduce and explore topics in physics, biology, computer science and sociology.

Reading

Paths to Otherwhere by James Hogan - the Many-worlds interpretation and quantum theory.

Stephen Baxter's Manifold Trilogy) - do stellar gamma-ray generating events seriously impact the evolution of biological organisms?

Marvin Minsky's The Turing Option - artificial intelligence as compared to biological intelligence.

Assignment Nor'Dyren by Sydney J. Van Scyoc - introduction to genetic and social engineering.

Greg Egan's Oceanic, etc, freely on-line at [1].