University Professor Amit Goswami and his wife Maggie are co-authors of a book that urges
science fiction writers to be more scientific in their fiction.
Probing sci-fi’s black holes
Hyperspace and black holes, reac
tionless drives and time travel, telepathy and
teleportation — the realm of the science fic
tion writer.
But these ideas don’t belong only to
science fiction writers anymore. University
physics Prof. Amit Goswami recently com
pleted a book exploring the physics of
science fiction.
Goswami, with help from his wife Mag
gie, co-wrote the book, “The Cosmic
Dancers,” which was published last month.
“It is an effort to bring together the idea
that science and science fiction have a com
mon base,” Goswami says. “Each gains
from the other."
“Science often becomes absorbed in
the superstructure," he says. “They (scien
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tists) don’t see the whole thing."
But science fiction writing can examine
the whole structure, he says. “It provides
critical insight at critical times.”
Goswami uses history to show how
close science fiction sometimes comes to
predicting science.
The book, which took about two years
to write, explains in non-scientific jargon the
physics behind theories of star travel, black
holes, hyperspace and time travel.
Goswami got the idea for the book from
his course entitled “The Physics of Science
Fiction," designed to popularize science.
Goswami says ideas proposed in
science fiction stories break into three
categories: futuristic, possible and
impossible.
Anthony Lewis, awarded two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, will
be on campus Tuesday and Wednesday.
Winner of Pulitzer Prize gives
lecture on law and journalism
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Lewis will give a
public talk on individual and press rights during a visit to
Eugene this week.
As the 1983 holder of the Wayne Morse Chair in Law and
Politics, Lewis will also meet with faculty, students and com
munity members in classes and informal discussions planned
by the School of Journalism, Law school and the International
studies program.
Lewis will speak on "The Public and the Press” at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, at the Eugene Conference Center. The talk is
open to the public free of charge.
On Wednesday, April 6, Lewis will participate in activities at
the School of Journalism. Highlights include a conversation on
communication law set for 10:30 a.m. in room 129 Law center, a
conversation with Oregon media people at 2 p.m. in room 221
Allen Hall and a meeting at 3:30 p.m., 307 Allen Hall.
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