JOURNAL ARTICLE

Why space scientists need science fiction.

  • Published In: New Scientist, 2023, v. 257, n. 3432. P. 28 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda 3 of 3

Abstract

But, thankfully, Carl Sagan's Contact had not only introduced me to the idea of radio astronomy as a possible career path, it had also given me a road map for staying centred amid the chaotic collision of astronomical wonder and human politics. Views THE only science fiction that ever really caught my attention when I was growing up, besides Star Trek and Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, was the novel Contact by Carl Sagan. This is the kind of detail that is unimportant for the purposes of the film of Contact, but how it portrays radio astronomy is one of the inaccuracies I occasionally hear scientists complain about. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:New Scientist. 2023/04, Vol. 257, Issue 3432, p28
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0262-4079
  • DOI:10.1016/s0262-4079(23)00571-7
  • Accession Number:162771273
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