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Ever wonder what the Universe might actually look like? Why the number 42 is so significant? Whether time travel really would put a stop to history as we know it? If you are so clearly a fan of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhikker's Guide to the Galaxy, now a major motion picture.
Much of the book is sheer whimsy: talking mattress, the Vogons, triple-breasted whores, and that Ol' Janx Spirit. But like all good science fiction, it contains more than a grain of scientific fact. Adams was a science and technology enthusiast and his books were inspired by - prefigured even - many of the great scientific debates of our times.
The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a light-hearted, accessible and informative tour of the real cutting-edge research behind the cornerstones of a cherished sci-fi classic - from the Big Bang to the end of the Universe via probability, supercomputing, time travel, instant translation, alien life, and more.
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Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), English Science fiction, Ford Prefect (Fictitious character), History and criticism, Science fiction, English, Science, Popular works, Milky way, Science fiction, history and criticism, English fiction, history and criticismPeople
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The science of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005, Macmillan
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Apr 28, 2005, Palgrave Macmillan
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index.
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