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Prophets of Science Fiction

The "Science Fiction" of the past has now simply become "Science". And the science of the future was strangely prophesied by a group of visionaries whose dreams once may have deemed them renegades and "mad scientists," have become reality!

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Ridley Scott
Self
Jonathan Adams
Narrator
Michio Kaku
Self - Theoretical Physicist

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Episode 1

Mary Shelley

Wed, Nov 9, 201143 mins

Mary Shelley set out to create a monster--along the way she created a masterpiece. In 1816, she begins stitching together a patchwork of legend, technology, and personal tragedy- giving life to her novel, Frankenstein - and the genre of science fiction.

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