Title:
Treknology : the science of Star Trek from tricorders to warp drive / Ethan Siegel, PhD.
Author:
Siegel, Ethan, 1978-
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2017.
Call Number:
Q162 .S4854 2017
Abstract:
Siegel profiles twenty-five iconic inventions from the Star trek television and film universe, explaining the science behind them. He also examines how close we are to achieving them in the real world. Some are pure fiction, some you're already using, and others are closer than you think!
Explores over twenty-five iconic inventions from the complete history of the Star Trek television and film universe, including the warp drive, phasers, and tricorders.
ISBN:
9780760352632
Physical Description:
216 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
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Contents:
Starship technology. Warp drive -- Tractor beams -- Transporters -- Impulse engines -- Transparent aluminum -- Antimatter containment -- Weapons and defense. Cloaking devices -- Deflector shields -- Phasers -- Photon torpedoes -- Communications. Subspace communication -- Communicators -- Universal translators -- Computing. Isolinear chips -- The holodeck and holograms -- The ship's computer -- PADDs -- Androids -- Civilian technology. Replicators -- Synthehol -- Automatic sliding doors -- Artificial gravity -- Medical and biological. Emergency medical holograms -- Cybernetic implants -- Human life extension -- Visors -- Hyposprays -- Tricorders -- Conclusion : make it so.
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