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Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: David Seed
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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David Seed examines how science fiction has emerged as a popular genre of literature in the 20th century, and discusses it in relation to themes such as science
Science Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: David Seed
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-23 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Science Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination of romance, science and prophecy; as a genre based on an imag
Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 121
Authors: Katherine Blundell
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Black holes are a source of wide fascination. In this Very Short Introduction, Katherine Blundell addresses a variety of questions, including what a black hole
The Future: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: Jennifer M. Gidley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-16 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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From the beginning of time, humans have been driven by both a fear of the unknown and a curiosity to know. We have always yearned to know what lies ahead, wheth
Galileo
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Stillman Drake
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-02-22 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not