Description: We are the first generation to live in a science fiction world.
Brief description: Mark Brake developed the world's first science and science fiction degree in 1999. He also launched the world's first astrobiology degree in 2005. He's communicated science through film, television, print, and radio on five continents, including for NASA, Seattle's Science Fiction Museum, the BBC, the Royal Institution, and Sky Movies. He was one of the founding members of NASA's Astrobiology Institute Science Communication Group. He has written more than a dozen books, including Alien Life Imagined for Cambridge University Press in 2012. Mark also tours Europe with Science of Doctor Who, Science of Star Wars, and Science of Superheroes road shows.
Review Quotes: "Insightful, fascinating, and an easy read." --Booklist Online
"It is rare to find someone of Mark's universal talents in science." --Roy Davies, BAFTA-nominated editor of BBC's Timewatch "Entertaining and insightful. A joy for fans of both science and fiction." --Gareth L. Powell, award-winning author of Ack-Ack Macaque "A brilliant insight into the influence of Science Fiction on our world, culture, and imaginations. Bringing together more than four centuries of SF, Mark Brake reveals some of the fictional seeds that have developed into real life discoveries." --Jon Chase, award-winning science communicator and co-author of The Science of Star Wars