The Science of Star Trek: The Scientific Facts Behind The Voyages in Space and Time by Mark Brake


This book wasn't quite what I was expecting it to be. Rather than trying to connect or draw a path from our current level of science and technology to that depicted in Star Trek, this book features a series of unrelated sections which relate current scientific or social aspects to different episodes, species, or other situations within the Star Trek Universe. While it was interesting to read, I would have liked more science and technology and less sociology and history from a book title The Science of Star Trek.

* I received a review copy from the publisher through NetGalley

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