Blockbuster Science

If you've ever wondered how much real science goes into movies like *Gravity*, novels like *The Martian*, and television shows like *Dr. Who*, this is the book for you. Written by an author who is both a data scientist and a science fiction writer, this entertaining science primer provides lucid, jargon-free explanations of key scientific principles while referencing well-known science fiction books, movies, and TV shows.

The reader learns about relativity through Orson Scott Card's *Ender's Game* and the movie *Interstellar*; black holes and wormholes in connection with *Contact* and *Planet of the Apes*; theories about the origin of life as reflected in *Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation*, and *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*; computer science and artificial intelligence in reference to *A.I. Artificial Intelligence*; and much, much, more.

Written with wit, clarity, and a great sense of fun, *Blockbuster Science *will inspire science fiction fans to get excited about real science while also putting an engaging pop culture spin on science for any curious reader.