Metin Tolan - James Bond in the Spotlight of Physics

• Indulge in science speculation describing intriguing, plausible yet unproven ideas;

• Exploit science fiction for educational purposes and as a means of promoting critical thinking;

• Explore the interplay of science and science fiction throughout the history of the genre and looking ahead;

• Delve into related topics including, but not limited to: science as a creative process, the limits of science, interplay of literature and knowledge;

• Tell fictional short stories built around well-defined scientific ideas, with a supplement summarizing the science underlying the plot.

• Time travel, superluminal travel, wormholes, teleportation

• Extraterrestrial intelligence and alien civilizations

• Artificial intelligence, planetary brains, the universe as a computer, simulated worlds

• Non-anthropocentric viewpoints

• Synthetic biology, genetic engineering, developing nanotechnologies

• Eco/infrastructure/meteorite-impact disaster scenarios

• Future scenarios, transhumanism, posthumanism, intelligence explosion

• Virtual worlds, cyberspace dramas

• Consciousness and mind manipulation

If you carry a double-O number it means youre licensed to killnot get killed

Theres no better way to put it. So far, however, it has not been clarified whether it is a coincidence that his secret number 007 coincides with Russias international dialing code.

James Bond is regarded as the epitome of the elegant Brit who eats Beluga caviar in the most beautiful places in the world, likes to drink Dom Prignon or Chteau Lafite Rothschild from 1953, and never lets a beautiful woman pass by unattended (Figure ). He survives unbelievable dangers, is always impossibly fit, has nerves like wire ropes, and flaunts a fabulous general knowledge.