Format: Paperback
Published: April 9th, 2019
Age: Adult
Genre: Non-Fiction – Science
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Rating: 3/5 Stars
This is a very informative book that delves into real life science, using the MCU to approach a variety of different topics and comparing the film science with real science. The approach is interesting, and although I feel like there’s a lot here and a lot of value, it veered more towards ‘not for me’ than anything else.
This book is more for people who really like science, than people like me who have a kind of casual interest but are fans of the MCU. The book takes us up to Infinity War, and explores quantum physics, engineering, and biology to demonstrate how the MCU science isn’t as out of reach as we might initially think. I think I was expecting this to be…a bit lighter, more pop science, but it was heavier than I anticipated.
And, being totally honest, parts of this just went right over my head. The bits I understood I did like, and it’s clear Alvarado is incredibly interested in the topics being discussed, as you can almost hear the passion coming through in his writing, his excitement about the discoveries bringing the ‘MCU magic’ ever closer. But for me, this was too much ‘seeing how the sausage is made’. I like my sci-fi to be more fantasy than science, and I like the way things aren’t too science-heavy in the MCU. I’m fine with “look! We have magic stones that let us time travel!” and don’t need to know why or how they do it, just that they can. For those who do really enjoy science as a whole, and have a deeper understanding than I do, I think this is a good book for showing the amazing realities of what science is doing now. For someone with a more casual understanding, I’d say maybe give it a miss.
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