Science and fiction! the wayfarers series -- Cheating the science: protector -- Prediction: from the Earth to the moon -- World-building in the Left hand of darkness -- Advanced world-building in Avatar -- Action and reaction in The Avengers -- Space travel and 2001: A space odyssey -- Interplanetary travel and The Martian -- Space battles and energy weapons: Star wars -- Advanced rocket systems in Star trek -- Relativity and time for the Stars -- Black holes, wormholes, and Interstellar -- Time travel and Doctor Who -- Teleportation and Star trek -- Cyberspace and the singularity: Neuromancer -- Steampunk science and Leviathan -- Design your own dragon: Game of thrones -- Planetary ecology in Dune -- Extraterrestrial intelligence and Contact -- UFOs, ESP, and X-files -- Social sciences and the Foundation series -- Designed languages and Arrival -- Cosmology, the mind, and Star maker -- Science fiction's purpose: Childhood's end.
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