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Making Starships and Stargates: The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes
James F. Woodward
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Description for Making Starships and Stargates: The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes
Paperback. This book examines different proposals on the construction of advanced spacecraft and "gates" to other regions of space. It covers current theory, latest and ongoing investigations and experiments, and speculation on what might and might not be feasible. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 305 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 85 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
To create the exotic materials and technologies needed to make stargates and warp drives is the holy grail of advanced propulsion. A less ambitious, but nonetheless revolutionary, goal is finding a way to accelerate a spaceship without having to lug along a gargantuan reservoir of fuel that you blow out a tailpipe. Tethers and solar sails are conventional realizations of the basic idea.
There may now be a way to achieve these lofty objectives. “Making Starships and Stargates” will have three parts. The first will deal with information about the theories of relativity needed to understand the predictions ... Read more
To create the exotic materials and technologies needed to make stargates and warp drives is the holy grail of advanced propulsion. A less ambitious, but nonetheless revolutionary, goal is finding a way to accelerate a spaceship without having to lug along a gargantuan reservoir of fuel that you blow out a tailpipe. Tethers and solar sails are conventional realizations of the basic idea.
There may now be a way to achieve these lofty objectives. “Making Starships and Stargates” will have three parts. The first will deal with information about the theories of relativity needed to understand the predictions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Condition
New
Weight
540g
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461456223
SKU
V9781461456223
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About James F. Woodward
Dr. James F. Woodward is a professor of history emeritus and adjunct professor of physics at California State University Fullerton. Jim earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics at Middlebury College and New York University (respectively) in the 1960s. From his undergraduate days, his chief interest was in gravitation. For his Ph.D., he changed to the history of ... Read more
Reviews for Making Starships and Stargates: The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes
“The author looks into published scientific papers in those topics on the possibility of travel at light-speed using different methods, looking into the physics and mathematics there etc. … the book also has excellent bibliography which can guide you either in the more popular books direction or to some more technical books. I found that it was interesting, well written ... Read more