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Andrew May is a former scientist with an MA from Cambridge University and a PhD in Astrophysics from Manchester University. After a thirty year career spanning the academic, government and private sectors, he has now settled in the South-West of England where he works as a freelance writer and consultant on subjects as diverse as defence technology, history, physics, Forteana and New Age beliefs.

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Out now – The Antigravity Enigma

This is my sixth contribution to Springer’s “Science and Fiction” series – and, like the previous one (How Space Physics Really Works), it deals with a personally favourite topic of mine. In this case, it’s the widely varied treatment of the topic of antigravity in science fiction, real-world physics and (perhaps its most active home at the moment) the weird world of ufology and conspiracy the

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	Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe 3.91 avg rating — 324 ratings — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destination Mars: The Story of Our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet 4.05 avg rating — 171 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets 3.91 avg rating — 76 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space 3.82 avg rating — 76 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science 3.35 avg rating — 57 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Music: How Technology has Shaped the Evolution of an Artform 3.49 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War 3.63 avg rating — 24 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eyes in the Sky: Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb by Andrew May (Goodreads Author), Brian Clegg (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pseudoscience and Science Fiction 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy History: A History of the World for Conspiracy Theorists by Andrew May (Goodreads Author), Nick Redfern (Preface) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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