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The author of Skulls in the Stars is a professor of physics, specializing in optical science, at UNC Charlotte. The blog covers topics in physics and optics, the history of science, classic pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and the surprising intersections between these areas. -
Category Archives: Physics
A hare-y puzzle solved!
One of the really neat things about diving deep into a scientific problem is that you start to spot surprising things in images or videos that nobody else would see! My book on Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics got me … Continue reading
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The Invisible Master, by Edmond Hamilton
Originally posted on Skulls in the Stars:
I keep finding new invisibility stories! Will I ever come to an end? Stay tuned! It is pretty clear at this point that stories about invisibility were a huge business in the early…
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The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There, by Robert Bloch
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More invisibility! More invisibility fiction for the gods of invisibility fiction! Or something. Again, blogging about all the invisibility stories I’ve been coming across while finishing my book on invisibility physics. It seems…
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War with the Gizmos, by Murray Leinster
Originally posted on Skulls in the Stars:
Yet another post about invisibility in fiction! So many stories I couldn’t mention in my upcoming book on the physics of invisibility, so you get to hear about the stories here. Time to…
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The Cave of Horror, by Captain S.P. Meek
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Yet another post about invisibility in fiction! Will I ever run out of these? I feel like I need to write another book just about invisibility fiction. So in my last post, I…
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New blog post at Yale University Press!
With the book out, my endless advertising blitz has begun! Let me lead off with a blog post that I wrote for my publisher, Yale University Press: How Many Ways Can We Be Invisible? In the post, I talk about … Continue reading
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Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen
Today is the official publication day for my latest non-fiction popular science book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen! As the title indicates, this is a look at the intersection of science and invisibility throughout … Continue reading
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The Monster-God of Mamurth, by Edmond Hamilton
Tomorrow is the day! Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen will be officially released in hardback and e-book! Audio book I believe is coming soon! Here’s a discussion of another classic story of invisibility… We … Continue reading
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Invisible Death, by Anthony Pelcher
Originally posted on Skulls in the Stars:
Back into some posts about invisibility in fiction, based on those stories that I didn’t talk about in my (hopefully) upcoming book about the history and physics of invisibility! If you’ve been reading…
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The Elixir of Invisibility, by Henry Kuttner
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Yet another post about a story of invisibility. I keep finding more for my book bibliography, so I might as well blog about them here! Invisibility has been a key feature of stories…
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