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ASU research, programs relate to sci-fi exhibit


August 23, 2010

Related ASU Involvement and Research:

Lawrence Krauss, professor, School of Earth & Space Exploration, author of "The Physics of Star Trek," lawrence.krauss@asu.edu.

ASU professors Clark Miller (clark.miller@asu.edu) and Ira Bennett (ira.bennett@asu.edu), "Thinking Longer Term about Technology: Is there Value in Science Fiction-Inspired Approaches to Constructing Futures?" in Science and Public Policy, volume 35, issue 8, 2008.

ASU lecturer and science fiction author Paul Cook (paul.cook@asu.edu). ASU Libraries Special Collections holds his works and other papers.

Moon/Space Travel:

“ASU research lifts off,” by Katie Shoultz
http://www.statepress.com/2010/04/07/asu-research-lifts-off/

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera:

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/

Apollo Image Archive:

http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/

Robotics:

Robotics Camp: 
http://asusrl.eas.asu.edu/srlab/research/roboticscamp/index.html

ASU Robotics Team:
 http://asunews.asu.edu/20100202_intelroboticsteam; http://asusrl.eas.asu.edu/srlab/Research/Robotics.html

SunDevil ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) at ASU Polytechnic: http://sundevilrov.com/

Mars:

Mars Space Flight Facility: http://mars.asu.edu/

Genetics:

Mor lab and Bioscavenger project:
 http://labs.biodesign.asu.edu/mor/

Itsy-bitsy dna spider: http://researchstories.asu.edu/stories/itsy-bitsy-dna-spider-molecules-behave-robots-1556

Sustainability:

Sustainable P initiative: http://sustainablep.asu.edu/home

Related book by Robert Sterner and James Elser, ASU professor and Sustainable P initiative group member, "Ecological Stoichiometry : The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere"

http://library.lib.asu.edu/record=b4400863~S3

Books from the exhibit:
*Copy on reserve at Noble Library Info Desk

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"The First Men in the Moon," H G Wells.

*"Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

*“The Challenge of the Spaceship,” Arthur C. Clarke

"Lost on the Moon," Roy Rockwood.

*"The Man in the Moon," Francis Godwin (1638).

*“I, Robot,” Isaac Asimov

*"War of the Worlds," H G Wells.

"Plunge Into Space," Robert Cromie, (1891).

*“The Martian Chronicles,” Ray Bradbury.

*"Brave New World," Aldous Huxley.

*“The Left Hand of Darkness,” Ursula K. Le Guin

*“Beyond This Horizon,” Robert A. Heinlein

*“Dune,” Frank Herbert

*“Solar,” Ian McEwan

ASU Libraries' Department of Archives and Special Collections:

http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/