Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” There’s a unique power to a story that lies close to reality; a “just tomorrow” scenario that can prompt us to wonder how much of this tale might unfold in our own lifetime, and more importantly, why. When an author draws upon real science—rather than “in a galaxy far, far away—where does the known world end and the imagined one begin? I’ve always found that niche to …