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by Paul Parsons

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Almost 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.

Paul Parsons's plain-English account of the real science behind the fantastic universe portrayed in the Doctor Who 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.

Taking 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

- discusses who the Time Lords are and how we may one day be able to regenerate just like them
- ponders the ways that the doctor's two hearts might work and introduces us to a terrestrial animal with five
- details the alien populations and cosmology of the Whovian Universe and relates them to what we currently know about our universe
- compares the robotics of the show with startlingly similar real-world applications

This 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.

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  • Title The Science of Doctor Who
  • Author Paul Parsons
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
  • Publication date 2010-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801895609 / 080189560X
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.04 x 1.05 in (23.72 x 15.34 x 2.67 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Science - Miscellanea
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009037381
  • Dewey Decimal Code 500

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Citations

  • Choice, 12/01/2010, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/01/2010, Page 131

About the author

Paul Parsons is a scientist, journalist, and lifelong Doctor Who fan. He is a freelance contributor to various science magazines, including BBC Focus and New Scientist.

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