Out of This World Ideas: And the Inventions They Inspired - Softcover

Wysocki Jr., Edward M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1724654039 ISBN 13: 9781724654038

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Have you ever heard someone claim that a particular invention was inspired by a work of science fiction? Should you believe them? As it turns out, it’s not impossible. The real question is, which claims are true and which are not?

Out of This World Ideas looks at number of such claims in detail. Did a novel by Frank Herbert inspire a British engineer to come up with an invention to solve a problem created by the Suez Crisis in 1956? Did a story by a Russian scientist who was also a science fiction author inspire a Russian engineer to invent a new type of holography? Did a work by Robert Heinlein affect U. S. plans for atomic weapons in the period just before the United States entered World War II?

Ed Wysocki, who has written two other books of non-fiction about science fiction, considers and analyzes these and other claims in detail. As was said, some are true and some are not. In addition, he presents a way of organizing and presenting them, with a view toward discovering and investigating additional claims.

About this title

About the Author

Edward M. Wysocki, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. This was followed by over three decades with a major defense contractor. This is his third book-length effort in the field of science fiction, the first being The Great Heinlein Mystery and the second being An ASTOUNDING War.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1724654039
• ISBN 13: 9781724654038
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 197