Book Synopsis

Starships! Death Rays! Superheroes! Mutants! Monsters! Multiverse! An astrophysicist (and science fiction fan) explores the scientific possibility of superhero superpowers, stories of time travel, the supernatural, death rays, bigfoot, ghosts, vampires, and much more!

Have you ever wondered whether we might someday teleport from place to place with transporters like those shown in Star Trek? Or pondered the existence of ghosts and the possibility of alien life visiting the Earth? Or debated whether being bitten by a radioactive spider might turn you into a superhero? From black holes to sentient robots to werewolves, astrophysicist Charles Liu investigates the real science of the supernatural, science fiction stories, mythology, folklore, fairy tales, and other wild, crazy, mysterious, spooky, fantastical, and sometimes real, sometimes not phenomena! Looking through a scientific lens, (Super)Natural Science: The Real Science of Superheroes, Mythic Creatures, and Star Lore probes the scientific foundations and frontiers of all things fantastic, from ...