By H. G. Stratmann
This e-book deals a in actual fact written, enjoyable and accomplished resource of clinical info for either writers and readers of technological know-how fiction.
Science fiction in print, in videos and on tv all too usually provides doubtful or just unsuitable depictions of human biology and clinical matters. This ebook explores the true technology in the back of such issues as how bodies adapt to being in area, the real-life feasibility of universal plot parts comparable to suspended animation and clinical nanotechnology, and destiny customers for bettering future health, prolonging our lives, and embellishing bodies via expertise.
every one bankruptcy makes a speciality of a unmarried very important technology fiction-related topic, combining concise actual details with examples drawn from technological know-how fiction in all media. Chapters finish with a “Bottom Line” part summarizing crucial issues mentioned within the bankruptcy and giving technological know-how fiction writers useful recommendation on the way to contain them into their very own creations, together with an inventory of references for extra interpreting.
The e-book will attract all readers attracted to studying in regards to the most recent principles on a number of technological know-how fiction-related scientific subject matters, and provides a useful reference resource for writers looking to elevate the realism and clarity in their works.
Henry G. Stratmann, MD, FACC, FACP is a heart specialist with board certifications in inner medication, cardiology, and nuclear cardiology. Befor
e getting into deepest perform he grew to become Professor of drugs at St. Louis collage institution of medication and played scientific clinical study. Henry acquired a BA in chemistry from St. Louis collage and his MD at Southern Illinois college institution of drugs. he's at the moment enrolled at Missouri country college to procure a BS in physics with a minor in astronomy. His expert guides contain being an writer or coauthor of many examine articles for clinical journals, essentially within the box of nuclear cardiology. Henry is additionally a typical contributor of either tales and technology truth articles to Analog technology Fiction and Fact.
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G. the Star Trek episode “The Man Trap” from 1966, or “The Man Who Was Never Born,” a 1963 tale from The Outer Limits), have a bit more plausibility. 8. ” The reader or viewer should 36 Using Medicine in Science Fiction know that it is “impossible”—but still perhaps “accept” it as an enjoyable, entertaining, and/or thought-provoking element of a work. This idea of a science fiction concept stretching or even breaking the limits of “realistic” science is one that will reappear in later chapters.
The spinal cord routes this data and generates motor impulses into a nerve that makes the quadriceps muscle at the front of the thigh contract briefly. ” This includes nerves involved with functions that do not require our conscious control. These include regulating heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, perspiration, making our pupils wider and smaller, swallowing, etc. Anatomically the brain is divided into three major parts—the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The cerebrum is composed of the cerebral cortex—the convoluted collections of neurons that form the bulk of the brain as a whole—as well as many smaller structures.
They are generally located parallel to many of our bones, such as the humerus in the upper arm or femur in the thigh. Skeletal muscles are connected to bones via tendons, primarily at joints. We can consciously make our skeletal muscles contract and move our joints, such as by raising an arm or walking. “Smooth” muscle is present in internal organs, such as the stomach, intestines, bladder, and a woman’s uterus. This type of muscle contracts and relaxes as required without us needing or even being able to control it.
