Future Visions

Science fiction has inspired generations of scientists and engineers. But how have science-fiction writers such as Isaac Asimov influenced the science and technology around us?

Come along as we explore how science fiction can lead to science fact. Share your thoughts in our group discussions and quiz the experts.

How do journeys in fictional spaceships trigger the imagination of space engineers? Chat with space engineer Chris Welch to discover how authors are inspiring current science and technology research.

Sci-fi authors often have wild and disturbing predictions of where our world is heading in the future. Why aren’t we living in a nuclear wasteland ruled by alien overlords? Roger Luckhurst will be on hand to talk about how writers can get it so very wrong.

Discover how ideas flow between sci-fi authors and scientists with writer and critic Jon Turney. How far into the future can authors take us using speculations based on the ideas of today?

Some scientists manage to pick up the pen as well as the pipette. Jenny Rohn of lablit.com will be exploring what happens when scientists write science fiction.

Speakers
Roger Luckhurst, School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College,
Jenny Rohn, founder lablit.com and research scientist
Jon Turney, writer and critic of both popular science and science fiction books
Chris Welch, principal Lecturer in Astronautics, Kingston University

Event organised by:
The Science Museum

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