Chasing Science by Fred Pohl, Tor, $23.95, ISBN 0312867115
SCIENCE fiction is Fred Pohl’s day job. He’s a prize-winning author, a great
storyteller who excels at weaving science into his fiction. But for pleasure, he
pursues science as a spectator sport.
He begins the delightful Chasing Science by pointing out that this
is no simple matter. Scientists generally fall into one of two categories: the
thinkers or the doers. The former, he says, are short on entertainment value:
theoretical work is “about as exciting as watching paint dry”. Better to head
for where the more thrilling stuff is taking place—the…
