Boldly go where no man has gone before and discover the real science behind the cyborgs, starships, aliens, and antimatter of the Star Trek galaxy.
Star Trek is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. It has changed our cultural landscape in so many ways since it first aired in 1966. The franchise has generated billions of dollars in revenue, leading to a wide range of spin-off games, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek is noted for its social science, too, with its progressive civil rights stances and its celebration of future diversity that began with The Original Series, one of television's first multiracial casts.
The Science of Star Trek explores one of the greatest science-fiction universes ever created and showcases the visionary tech that inspired and influenced the real-world science of today. The perfect Star Trek gift for fans of the franchise, this book addresses many unanswered, burning questions, including:
What can Star Trek tell us about aliens in our Milky Way?
How has Star Trek influenced space culture?
What can Star Trek tell us about planet hunting?
What Star Trek machines came true?
When will we boldly go?
Learn more about one of our favorite modern epics with The Science of Star Trek!
This is not what I was expecting from the title. I thought this would be a look at Star Trek from our current level of understanding; instead it's a look at our current levels of knowledge, paired with vaguely related Star Trek anecdotes. Mark's knowledge, or at least his recounting, of Star Trek is largely confined to The Original Series (plus movies) and The Next Generation, with one or two mentions of Picard: DS9, Voyager, Discovery and the newer slate of shows don't feature at all. Maybe they weren't relevant, but it's an odd omission; surely, while talking about meeting new aliens, DS9 or Voyager would have been relevant? Voyager could have featured in sections about traveling?
Once I'd got over my misconceptions about the book, I found this relatively entertaining. Parts of it are very technical for a mass market book, in my opinion, but everyone's definition will differ there. Mark clearly knows his subject well, and I can see from his bibliography that he writes a lot of this kind of book.
Enjoyable overall, and I learned some interesting things, but make sure you're aware of what the book is when you're going into it.
The Science of Star Trek is available now. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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