{"product_id":"the-science-of-doctor-who-paul-parsons-9780801895609","title":"The Science of Doctor Who","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost fifty years after he first crossed the small screen, Doctor Who remains a science fiction touchstone. His exploits are thrilling, his world is mind-boggling, and that time travel machine--known as the Tardis--is almost certainly an old-fashioned blue police box, once commonly found in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Parsons's plain-English account of the real science behind the fantastic universe portrayed in the \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e television series provides answers to such burning questions as whether a sonic screwdriver is any use for putting up a shelf, how Cybermen make little Cybermen, where the toilets are in the Tardis, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the show as a starting point--episode-by-episode in some cases--Parsons dissects its scientific concepts. In addition to explaining why time travel is possible and just how that blue police box works, Parsons \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- discusses who the Time Lords are and how we may one day be able to regenerate just like them\u003cbr\u003e- ponders the ways that the doctor's two hearts might work and introduces us to a terrestrial animal with five\u003cbr\u003e- details the alien populations and cosmology of the Whovian Universe and relates them to what we currently know about our universe\u003cbr\u003e- compares the robotics of the show with startlingly similar real-world applications\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis slender, equation-free discussion is penned by a Ph.D. cosmologist and is ideal beach reading for anyone who loves science and watches the show--no matter which planet the beach is on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080189560X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801895609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.04w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010 pg. 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010","brand":"Paul Parsons","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926143140095,"sku":"9780801895609","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_91e2955d-36d7-4070-b78d-46131a524199.jpg?v=1681081440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-science-of-doctor-who-paul-parsons-9780801895609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}