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A review by kb_208
The Physics of Star Wars: The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away by Patrick Johnson
3.0
I was pretty excited to read this book, but I have to say that I was rather disappointed. There is a lot of good information on a large number of topics, but I feel that each one only touches on the subject and doesn't offer too much substance. I thought it would be cool to see how some of this technology might be possible in the future, but they don't go quite so deep on that for many of the subjects.
As far as readability, for those that are not physics or science majors like myself, it is quite easy to understand. The book does do a great job at explaining the various technologies in the forms of plasma vs. light. Those were quite informative. Prior to this I have read Michio Kaku's "Physics of the Impossible" and "The Science of Star Wars", so many of these topics I have read about before and these here don't go as in depth as those.
It's a good fun book overall, but I just wish it had dove a little deeper into some of these technologies that we take for granted in these wonderful films.
As far as readability, for those that are not physics or science majors like myself, it is quite easy to understand. The book does do a great job at explaining the various technologies in the forms of plasma vs. light. Those were quite informative. Prior to this I have read Michio Kaku's "Physics of the Impossible" and "The Science of Star Wars", so many of these topics I have read about before and these here don't go as in depth as those.
It's a good fun book overall, but I just wish it had dove a little deeper into some of these technologies that we take for granted in these wonderful films.