Research Catalog

Star wars : where science meets imagination / introduction by Anthony Daniels ; [edited by Ed Rodley].

Title
Star wars : where science meets imagination / introduction by Anthony Daniels ; [edited by Ed Rodley].
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextRequest in advance PN1995.9.S695 S87 2005Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Rodley, Ed.
  • Daniels, Anthony.
  • Boston Museum of Science.
Description
208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 27 cm.
Summary
Presents an illustrated examination of the impact of the film "Star Wars" on the culture of technological advancement, providing information on the how the future develop in two key areas, transportation and robotics.
Alternative Title
Where science meets imagination
Subject
Star Wars films > Miscellanea
Genre/Form
Trivia and miscellanea
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.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
0792241835
LCCN
^^2005052234
OCLC
  • 61200812
  • SCSB-12352051
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library