July 2025 has been a sweltering month, but we at Scientific American have still squeezed in some fun in the sun and a hot dog or two, all while choosing the best books to read poolside. The season ...

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Adam Roberts, a professor at the University of London and author of The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), proposes that this is just what makes Somnium “the first proper ...

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Scientists can write accessible nonfiction books, podcasts, and documentaries that summarize recent advances in the field, but another creative medium, which is not bound to the realm of present facts ...