Set phasers to teach! Star Trek in research and teaching.

Abstract

For 50 years, Star Trek has been an inspiration to its fans around the world, helping them to dream of a better future. This inspiration has entered our culture and helped to shape much of the technology of the early 21st Century. The contributors to this volume are researchers and teachers in a wide variety of disciplines; from Astrophysics to Ethnology, from English and History to Medicine and Video Games, and from American Studies to the study of Collective Computing Systems. What the authors have in common is that some version of Star Trek has inspired them, not only in their dreams of what may be, but in the ways in which they work - and teach others to work - here in the real world. Introduced with references to Star Trek films and television shows, and illustrated with original cartoons, each of the 15 chapters included in this volume provides insights into research and teaching in this range of academic fields.

Citation

RABITSCH, S., GABRIEL, M., ELMENREICH, W. and BROWN, J.N.A. (eds.) 2018. Set phrasers to teach! Star Trek in research and teaching. Cham: Springer [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73776-8

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Online Publication Date: Jul 10, 2018
• Publication Date: Jul 18, 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 12, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 12, 2025
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: xix, 236
• ISBN: 9783319737751
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73776-8
• Keywords: Academic Trekkies; Trekkie research; Trekkie teaching; Star Trek influence on research; Star Trek influence on teaching; Learning and instruction
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2250035
• Additional Information: The file accompanying this record represents an example chapter extracted from the book, which can be purchased from the publishers website: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73776-8.