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The Science of Avatar Hardcover – 3 May 2012
| Stephen Baxter (Author) See search results for this author |
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James Cameron's Avatar is the biggest movie of all time.
Now the movie's legendary director has leant his support to an exploration of the world of Pandora with bestselling science-fiction author Stephen Baxter. From journeys into deep space to anti-gravity unobtanium, from Pandora's extraordinary flora and fauna to transferring consciousness, Baxter and Cameron reveal that we are often closer to world of Avatar than we might imagine.
Stephen Baxter is the master of `what-if?' science fiction. In THE SCIENCE OF AVATAR he's written a book that will appeal to fans of both science-fiction and popular science.
THE SCIENCE OF AVATAR will offer fans the unique opportunity to explore the spectacular world of Pandora, from the creator himself.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date3 May 2012
- Dimensions16.1 x 3.1 x 23.8 cm
- ISBN-100575130954
- ISBN-13978-0575130951
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- Publisher : Gollancz (3 May 2012)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0575130954
- ISBN-13 : 978-0575130951
- Dimensions : 16.1 x 3.1 x 23.8 cm
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Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany, and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland with his wife.
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