03408nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001100153072001400164072002300178072001300201100007600214245013800290250001800428264006900446300006500515336002600580337002600606338003600632347002400668490003600692505033900728520153201067650001302599650001502612650001302627650002202640650002702662650002502689650002202714710003402736773002602770776003602796776003602832830003602868856004602904978-3-031-77600-7DE-He21320251030114937.0cr nn 008mamaa250201s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317760077 a10.1007/978-3-031-77600-72doi 4aQ1-390 7aP2bicssc 7aSCI0550002bisacsh 7aP2thema1 aWebb, Stephen.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aVisions of Tomorrowh[electronic resource] :bExploring Classic Sci-Fi Stories Through the Lens of Modern Science /cby Stephen Webb.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIII, 258 p. 15 illus., 9 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aScience and Fiction,x2197-11960 aOther dimensions of space -- Relativity -- Messaging extraterrestrial intelligence -- First contact -- Applications of machine learning -- The science of persuasion -- The future of science publishing -- Reality–augmented, virtual, and mixed -- Pandemic -- Suspended animation -- Advances in medical technology -- Humans supplanted.  aThis anthology invites readers to revisit twelve timeless stories from visionary authors while pondering the scientific advancements they foreshadowed, making it ideal for fans of both science fiction and science. In Algernon Blackwood’s A Victim of Higher Space, the concept of extra spatial dimensions is explored, while Miles J. Breuer’s The Gostak and the Doshes examines time as a dimension in relativity. Stanley Waterloo’s Love and a Triangle touches on efforts to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence, and Max Adeler’s The Fortunate Island raises questions about humanity’s readiness for first contact with alien life. Machine learning and AI feature in Edward L. Sabin’s The Supersensitive Golf Ball, while Saki’s Filboid Studge explores targeted advertising’s transformation through AI. Edward Bellamy’s With the Eyes Shut predicts devices like smartphones and sparks discussions on the future of scientific publishing. G.K. Chesterton’s The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown delves into augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies. Edgar Wallace’s The Black Grippe provides a historical lens on pandemics and communication of scientific uncertainty. J. Arbuthnot Wilson’s PAUSODYNE looks at suspended animation and modern cryonics, while Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar tackles advances in medical technology and definitions of death. Finally, Guy de Maupassant’s The Horla explores the potential for humanity to be supplanted by new life forms. 0aPhysics. 0aAstronomy. 0aBiology. 0aComputer science.14aPhysics and Astronomy.24aBiological Sciences.24aComputer Science.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303177599408iPrinted edition:z9783031776014 0aScience and Fiction,x2197-119640uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77600-7