Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
The Fountains of Paradise (1979) is SF novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It discusses for the first time the possibility of space elevators linking Earth with geosynchronous satellites, in something that looks now on the verge of becoming a viable…
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That SF has often inspired astrophysicists and theoretical scientists is not something that should come as a surprise. After all, space elevators, while first theorised by the Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, were made famous by Arthur C. Clarke in his…
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Rendezvous with Rama (1973) is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke, set in the 2130s in the Solar System. Rama, initially mistaken for an asteroid, is instead a mysterious alien spacecraft in the shape of a 50-kilometre spinning cylinder, that…
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If you were dreaming about the day we are going to leave and explore the Solar System, take space elevators down to Mars and sky-diving over the Ligeia Mare on Titan, look no further. Wanderers, by Erik Wernquist, is a…
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Conspiracy theories are like religion – they are a matter of faith, not reason (you may argue about religion: in this case, please get in touch with that mild-mannered and highly esteemed gentleman of Konisberg named Immanuel Kant. I’m nowhere bright…
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