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    New York [u.a.] :Springer [u.a.],
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    almahu_BV012421492
    Format: XXXII, 628 S. : , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Edition: 2. ed.
    ISBN: 0-387-98571-9
    Note: Literaturverz. S. 557 - 618
    Language: German
    Subjects: American Studies , Physics , English Studies
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    Keywords: Englisch ; Science-Fiction-Literatur ; Zeitreise ; Geschichte ; Science-Fiction-Literatur ; Zeitreise ; Geschichte ; Raum-Zeit ; Zeitreise ; Zeitreise ; Literatur ; Metaphysik ; Literatur
    URL: Cover
    Author information: Nahin, Paul J., 1940-
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York, NY : Springer
    UID:
    gbv_1656271621
    Format: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 224 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color, online resource)
    ISBN: 9781493906185
    Series Statement: Science and Fiction
    Content: Can a computer have a soul? Are religion and science mutually exclusive? Is there really such a thing as free will? If you could time travel to visit Jesus, would you (and should you)? For hundreds of years, philosophers, scientists, and science fiction writers have pondered these questions and many more. In Holy Sci-Fi!, popular writer Paul Nahin explores the fertile and sometimes uneasy relationship between science fiction and religion. With a scope spanning the history of religion, philosophy, and literature, Nahin follows religious themes in science fiction from Feynman to Foucault, and from Asimov to Aristotle. An intriguing journey through popular and well-loved books and stories, Holy Sci-Fi! shows how sci-fi has informed humanity's attitudes towards our faiths, our future, and ourselves
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , 1. IntroductionAuthor’s Note One -- God and Skepticism -- God, Fantasy, and Science Fiction -- God and Science -- Author’s Note Two -- 2. Religious Science Fiction Before Science Fiction -- The 'Start' of Modern SF -- Before the 'Start' of SF -- Early Theological SF -- Theological Maturity -- 3. Time, Space, God's Omniscience, and Free Will -- What is Time? -- Time in SF and Theology -- The Four-Dimensional World -- The Block Universe -- God's Omniscience in Theology and SF -- 4. Religious Robots -- Alan Turing, Artificial Minds, and the Souls of Machines -- Asimov’s Robotic Laws -- Robots and God -- 5. Computers as God -- Computers as Local Gods -- Computers as Planet-Wide Gods -- Computers as Known Universe Gods -- 6. Space Travel, Radio, and Alien Encounters -- The Fiction of Interstellar Space Travel -- Theology and Early Fictional Alien Encounters -- Interstellar Radio Messages -- Direct Encounters -- 7. Time Traveling to Jesus -- Time Travel: Fact or Fantasy -- Theology and the Past -- Jesus and Time Travelers -- Quantum Mechanics and God -- 8. What if God Revealed Himself? -- Not So Serious Speculations -- The End of It All -- Appendix 1: Matching Wits with 'God' -- Appendix 2: (fantasy) "Some Things Just Have to Be Done By Hand!" and "The Next Time Around" -- Appendix 3: (science fiction): "A Father's Gift" -- Appendix 4: "Applied Mathematical Theology" (Gregory Benford) -- Appendix 5: "Gravity's Whispers" (Gregory Benford) -- Bibliography of Short Stories Cited.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781493906178
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nahin, Paul J., 1940 - Holy sci-fi! New York : Springer, 2014 ISBN 9781493906178
    Language: English
    Keywords: Religion ; Science-Fiction-Literatur ; Religion ; Science-Fiction-Literatur
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Author information: Nahin, Paul J. 1940-
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    Book
    New York : Springer | [New York] : AIP Press
    UID:
    gbv_334832675
    Format: XXXII, 628 S , Ill., graph. Darst
    Edition: 2. ed., [corr., rev. and exp.], corr. 2. printing
    ISBN: 0387985719
    Note: Literaturverz. S. [557] - 619
    Language: English
    Subjects: American Studies , Physics
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    Keywords: Englisch ; Science-Fiction-Literatur ; Zeitreise ; Geschichte ; USA ; Science-Fiction-Literatur ; Zeitreise ; Geschichte ; Raum-Zeit ; Zeitreise
    URL: Cover
    Author information: Nahin, Paul J. 1940-
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