Science of Battlestar Galactica

Name: Science of Battlestar Galactica
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ISBN: 9780470399095

ISBN-10: 0470399090

ISBN-13: 9780470399095

Edition: 2011

Authors: Patrick Di Justo, Kevin Grazier, Patrick Di Justo

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Battlestar Galactica has been called the best show on television. It has dealt with issues of religious freedom, patriotism, terrorism, genetic engineering, & the ultimate science fiction question: what does it mean to be human? This book examines the science of the programme.

Book details

List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Moore's Law



Life Here Began Out There



Are You Alive?



The Cylons: Man or Machine?



Are We Creating Our Own Cylons?



How Can Cylons Download Their Memories?



Cylon Intelligence and the Society of Mind



A Dialogue Between A Smartass Fanboy and a Real Scientist, viz: The "Silica Pathways" to the Cylon Head



Colonial + Cylon + Natives = Human?



The Colonial Pharmacopeia



The Physics of Battlestar Galactica



Energy Matters



E=MC2



Special Relativity



General Relativity and Real Gravity (or Lack Thereof)



The Wonderful World of Radiation



The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, or How the Cylons Can Re-Occupy Caprica After a Few Days but Not Dead Earth After 2000 Years



The Twelve Colonies and the Rest of Space



Our Galaxy



A Star Is Born



The Many Different Types of Planets



Black Holes



There's No Sound in Space, and No Color Either



Water



Battlestar Tech



The Rocket's Blue Glare: Sublight Propulsion



Faster than Light: Galactica's Jump Drive



Artificial Gravity



Navigation



Battlestars, Raptors, and Vipers



Toasters and Jam: The Complexities of Electronic Warfare



How Did the Cylons Infiltrate the Colonial Computer Infrastructure?



So Where Are They?


Afterword



Notes


Author Biographies


Index