A compilation and embellishment of about 100 selected "Daedalus" schemes, which first appeared in "New Scientist" in the mid-sixties and transferred to Nature in the eighties. The "Daedalus" pieces harness accepted scientific principles in pursuit of apparently fantastic technical goals. While these flights of fancy are entertaining they have a serious purpose, raising questions in the reader's mind. This collection comprises the selected original article together with a "From Daedalus's Notebook" piece, written especially for the book, buttressing the proposal with background material, data, calculations, references, and so on, and a cartoon illustration.
- ISBN10 0198504691
- ISBN13 9780198504696
- Publish Date 1 October 1999
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 May 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English