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Star wars : where science meets imagination

Title
Star wars : where science meets imagination / introduction by Anthony Daniels ; [edited by Ed Rodley].
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2005.
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Additional Authors
  • Rodley, Ed.
  • Boston Museum of Science.
Description
208 p. : chiefly col. ill.; 27 cm.
Alternative Title
Where science meets imagination
Subject
Note
  • "Published in association with Lucasbooks and the Museum of Science, Boston."
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition Star wars: where science meets imagination held at the Boston Museum of Science.
  • Includes index.
Contents
Foreword / Ed Rodley -- Introduction / Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) -- Part 1 : Getting around. Introduction / Ed Rodley -- Space, time, and Star Wars / Lawrence M. Krause -- Air and space vessels : a gallery -- Making the jump to light-speed / Marc G. Millis -- Maglev trains / Sam Gurol and Hiroshi Nakashima -- Star Wars vessels : a gallery -- Visual concepts in Star Wars / Alex Jaeger, ILM -- Living on Coruscant / Ed Rodley. Part 2 : Robots and people. Introduction / Ed Rodley -- Artificial intelligence / Rodney Brooks -- Man, machine, robot, and cyborg / Richard M. Satava -- Implants and prosthetics : a gallery -- Human-robot relationships / Cynthia Breazeal -- The Segway HT / Dean Kamen -- Bringing a movie robot to life / Grant Imahara, ILM -- Star Wars droids and cyborgs : a gallery -- Digital flesh and bones / Robert Coleman, ILM -- Astronauts, robonauts, and the moon / Illah R. Nourbakhsh -- Epilogue / Ed Rodley.
Call Number
MFLP (Star wars) 07-109
ISBN
  • 0792241835
  • 9780792241836
LCCN
  • 2005052234
  • 9780792241836
OCLC
61200812
Title
Star wars : where science meets imagination / introduction by Anthony Daniels ; [edited by Ed Rodley].
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2005.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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Rodley, Ed.
Boston Museum of Science.
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9780792241836
Research Call Number
MFLP (Star wars) 07-109
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