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Fringe Science

Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists

Edited by Kevin R. Grazier

Fringe has always been more than the sum of its parts—but its parts, too, are worth a closer look. The show combines a surfeit of mad science, some old-school sci-fi flair, and a dash of strawberry-milkshake whimsy to create the challenging, fascinating Pattern that keeps us coming back season after season and universe after universe.

Now, in Fringe Science, cutting-edge scientists, science writers, and science fiction authors and historians provide a smart, savvy, and accessible look at the world(s) of Fringe.

MIT physics professor Max Tegmark illuminates the real-life possibilities of parallel universes
Stephen Cass, founding editor of Discover's Science Not Fiction blog and a Senior Editor with Technology Review, unravels Fringe's use of time travel
Award-winning science fiction historian Amy H. Sturgis walks us through the show's literary and television ancestors, from the 1800s on
Television Without Pity staff writer Jacob Clifton looks at the role of the scientist, and scientific redemption, through the ever-shifting role of Massive Dynamic
Garth Sundem, bestselling author of Brain Candy, explores the mysterious way that memory works, from why Walter forgets to how Olivia remembers
And more, from lab cow Gene's scientific résumé to why the Observers should be wearing white lab coats

Read Excerpts

Introduction: Fringe Science
Kevin R. Grazier, Ph.D.
Paranormal Is the New Normal
David Dylan Thomas
In Search of Fringe's Literary Ancestors
Amy H. Sturgis
The Return of 1950s Science Fiction in Fringe
Paul Levinson
Parallel Universes
Max Tegmark
Déjà New
Mike Brotherton
The Malleability of Memory
Garth Sundem
Fringe Diseases
Jovana Grbić
The Fringes of Neurotechnology
Brendan Allison
Of White Tulips and Wormholes
Stephen Cass
Moo
Amy Berner
Waltered States
Nick Mamatas
Fringe Double-Blinded Me with Science
Robert T. Jeschonek
Massive Dynamic
Jacob Clifton

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