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SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FACT
Many of the ideas presented in science fiction novels have a basis in scientific fact. Authors often use current scientific research as a springboard from which to speculate on future scientific developments. They may also examine the social consequences of new technologies that can now only be imagined. The following list of books includes science fiction novels grouped with non-fiction books on related "real science" topics. The science fiction titles are shelved in the the fiction area under their authors' last names. The non-fiction titles are shelved by their call numbers.
Astronomy/Astrophysics
- Forward, Robert L. ~ Dragons Egg
- Lethem, Jonathan ~ As She Climbed Across the Table
- Preston, Richard ~ First Light (520 PRE)
- Hawking, Stephen ~ A Brief History of Time (523.1 HAW)
- Ferris, Timothy ~ Seeing in the Dark (520 FER)
Comets and Asteroids
- Benford, Gregory & David Brin ~ Heart of the Comet
- Clarke, Arthur Charles ~ The Hammer of God
- Niven, Larry & Jerry Pournelle ~ Lucifer's Hammer
- Levy, David H. ~ Comets: Creators and Destroyers (523.6 LEV)
- Levy, David H. ~ Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (523.64 LEV)
- Verschuur, Gerrit L. ~ Impact: The Threat of Comets and Asteroids (551.397 VER)
Computers/Artificial Intelligence
- Clarke, Arthur Charles ~ 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Kurzweil, Ray ~ The Age of Intelligent Machines (006.3 KUR)
Cyberspace/Virtual Reality
- Gibson, William ~ Neuromancer
- Stephenson, Neal ~ Snow Crash
- Sterling, Bruce ~ Islands in the Net
- Pimentel, Ken ~ Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass (006 PIM)
- Rheingold, Howard ~ Virtual Reality (006 RHE)
- Grady, Sean M. ~ Virtual Reality: Simulating and Enhancing the World Through Computers (006 GRA)
Dinosaurs/Paleontology
- Bear, Greg ~ Dinosaur Summer
- Crichton, Michael ~ Jurassic Park
- Crichton, Michael ~ The Lost World
- DeSalle, Rob & David Lindley ~ The Science of Jurassic Park and the Lost World (660.65 DES)
Epidemics/Viruses
- Ouellette, Pierre ~ The Third Pandemic
- Willis, Connie ~ Doomsday Book
- Peters, C.J. & Mark Olshaker ~ Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World (614.57 PET)
- Preston, Richard ~ The Hot Zone (614.57 PRE)
Genetics
- Cordy, Michael ~ The Miracle Strain
- Kress, Nancy ~ Beggars in Spain
- Lee, Thomas F. ~ Gene Future: The Promise and Peril of the New Biology (575.1 LEE)
Global Warming
- Robinson, Kim Stanley ~ Antarctica
- Sterling, Bruce ~ Heavy Weather
- Philander, S. George ~ Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming (551.52 PHI)
Human Origins
- Gallagher, Dan ~ The Pleistocene Redemption
- Sawyer, Robert J. ~ Hominids
- Jordan, Paul ~ Neanderthal: Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins (569.9 JOR)
- Tattersall, Ian ~ Extinct Humans (599.938 TAT)
Lie Detection
- Halperin, James ~ The Truth Machine
- Lykken, David T. ~ A Tremor in the Blood: Uses and Abuses of the Lie Detector (363.254 LYK)
Nanotechnology
- Crichton, Michael ~ Prey
- Goonan, Kathleen Ann ~ Queen City Jazz
- Stephenson, Neal ~ The Diamond Age
- Regis, Edward ~ Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology (620.4 REG)
Paranormal/Unexplained Phenomena
- Cavelos, Jeanne ~ Science of the X-Files (791.4572 CAV)
Space Travel
- Pohl, Frederik ~ Gateway
- Ordway, Frederick I. & Randy Liebermann ~ Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact (629.4 BLU)
- Sagan, Carl ~ Pale Blue Dot (520 SAG)
Time Travel
- Card, Orson Scott ~ Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
- Varley, John ~ Millennium
- Halpern, Paul ~ Time Journeys: A Search for Cosmic Destiny and Meaning (529 HAL)
- Pickover, Clifford ~ Time: A Traveler's Guide (530.11 PIC)
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