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9781935618683

Fringe Science

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  • ISBN13:

    9781935618683

  • ISBN10:

    1935618687

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-08-30
  • Publisher: Benbella Books
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Summary

More than 7 million viewers are captivated weekly byFringe, a science fiction procedural in the best tradition ofThe X-Fileswith a taut central mythology, rich characters, and it's own laboratory cow. In its weekly cases and its overarching plot,Fringestrikes a compelling balance between the strange and the familiar, and the quirky and the tragic. Fringe Sciencedelves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience ofFringewith a collection of essays by science and science fiction writers on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show's moral philosophy and the consequences of playing God.

Author Biography

Kevin R. Grazier, PHD has been a research scientist at NASA, served as the science advisor for shows like Eureka and Battlestar Galactica, and lectured on astronomy, cosmology, and other out-of-this-world topics at UCLA and Santa Monica College.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
Paranormal Is the New Normalp. 1
In Search of Fringe's Literary Ancestorsp. 17
The Return of 1950s Science Fiction in Fringep. 37
Parallel Universesp. 53
Déjà Newp. 81
The Malleability of Memoryp. 97
Fringe Diseasesp. 113
The Fringes of Neurotechnologyp. 131
Of White Tulips and Wormholesp. 157
Moop. 183
Waltered Statesp. 195
Fringe Double-Blinded Me with Sciencep. 213
Massive Dynamicp. 235
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