The Realization of Star Trek Technologies (eBook)

Mark Lasbury, MS, MSEd, PhD is a science and history writer with degrees in Chemistry, Pathology, Molecular Parasitology and Life Sciences Education. He is the author of more than fifty peer reviewed scientific articles, two textbook chapters concerning molecular diagnostics in hematology, and several articles on Indiana history. He has taught life sciences at the secondary, college, graduate, and post-graduate levels. Dr. Lasbury authors a life sciences education blog, As Many Exceptions As Rules, and is co-founder and contributor to the popular culture science blog, The ‘Scope. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two children; this is his first book for Springer Publishing.

Phasers Weapons of Less Destruction.- Cloaking Devices: Vanishing into Thin Space.- .- The Replicator Maybe You Can Have Everything.- Deflector Shields: The Best Offense Is a Good Defense.- The Tractor Beam Pulling Earth Out of the Fire.- Universal Translators: Now You’re Speaking My Language.- Geordi’s Visor: A Vision of the Future.- The Transporter: Are We There yet?.- The Tricorder: A High Tech Multitool.- Bibliography.- Index.