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Wizards, Aliens, and Starships
Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction | Charles L. Adler
E-Book (EPUB)
2014 Princeton University Press
392 Seiten; 23 line illus. 9 tables.
Sprache: English
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4836-2
- Acceleration
- Albedo
- Angular momentum
- Antimatter
- Astronomer
- Astronomy
- Atmosphere of Earth
- Atmosphere of Mars
- Calculation
- Centrifugal force
- Circular orbit
- Cryogenics
- Dyson sphere
- Earth
- Earth mass
- Earth's orbit
- Exoplanet
- Extraterrestrial life
- Freeman Dyson
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Googol
- Gravity
- Greenhouse gas
- Hogwarts
- Impact event
- International Space Station
- Interstellar travel
- Jupiter
- Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- Kilogram
- Kinetic energy
- Larry Niven
- Literature
- Low Earth orbit
- Main sequence
- Mass ratio
- Methane
- Molecule
- Neutron
- Newton's laws of motion
- Orbit
- Orbital period
- Orbital speed
- Payload
- Photosynthesis
- Physicist
- Poul Anderson
- Power law
- Propulsion
- Quantity
- Quantum mechanics
- Richard Feynman
- Ringworld
- Science fiction
- Scientist
- Semi-major and semi-minor axes
- Solar mass
- Space Shuttle
- Space elevator
- Spacecraft
- Star Maker
- Star system
- Surface area
- Technology
- Temperature
- Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Wavelength
- Year