POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES OF DR. ROBERT L. FORWARD

Popular Science Articles of Dr. Robert L. Forward

1. "Satellite Might Be Used to Verify Einstein's Theory of Gravity," Missiles and Rockets 9, 32 ff. (10 July 1961).

2. "Practical Antigravity Still Far Off," Missiles and Rockets 9, 28 ff. (11 September 1961).

3-6. Steps Beyond Mars: a series of four commissioned articles in Missiles & Rockets on probes to the outer planets.

3. "Jupiter-Probe Target after Mars," Missiles and Rockets 9, 22 ff. (4 December 1961).

4. "Expedition to Saturn," Missiles and Rockets 10, 16 ff. (8 January 1962).

5. "The Twins," Missiles and Rockets 10, 34 ff. (22 January 1962).

6. "Pluto-Gateway to the Stars," Missiles and Rockets 10,

26 ff. (2 April1962); reprinted Science Digest 52, 70-75 (August 1962).

7. "Gravity, Positive and Negative," IRE Student Quarterly, 24-28 (February 1962).

8. "Guidelines to Antigravity," Second Award Essay, Gravity Research Foundation, New Boston, N.H. (1962).

9. "A New Gravitational Field," Science Digest 52, 73-78 (September 1962).

10. "Gravitation...for the Electronic Engineer," Electronic Industry 8, 113-114 (September 1962).

11. "The Strange, Cold World of Superconductors," Science Digest 52, 24-34 (November 1962).

12. "Pluto - Doorway to the Stars," under pseudonym George Peterson Field, Galaxy 21, 78-82 (December 1962).

13. "Ultracold Neutrons and Their Potential Value in Gravitational Research," Second Award Essay, Gravity Research Foundation, New Boston, N.H. (1963).

14. "Detection of Non-Newtonian Gravitational Effects with Quantum Fluids," Fourth Award Essay, Gravity Research Foundation, New Boston, N.H. (1964).

15. "Gravity," Vectors 6, 1-4 (1964).

16. "New Insights on Gravitation," Air Force and Space Digest 48, 57-59 (January 1965).

17. "Rotating Gravitational Sensors," with C.C. Bell and J.R.Morris, Fourth Award Essay, Gravity Research Foundation, New Boston, N.H. (1965).

18. "Far Out Physics," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 95, 147-166. (August 1975).

19. "A National Space Program for Interstellar Exploration" in Future Space Programs 1975, prepared for Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 94th Congress, Serial M, Vol. II, pp. 279-387 (1975).

20. "Interstellar Probes and Star Ships," Galaxy 38, 36-43 (March 1977); also AIAA Student Journal 16, No. 2, 32-37 (Summer 1978).

21. "Exploring Infrastellar Space," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 97, 43-56 (September 1977).

22. "Pluto Is Black," pp. 182-189 of Black Holes, J. Pournelle, Ed., Fawcett Crest Books (1978).

23. "Interstellar Flight - A Matter of Time," NSI Newsletter, 5 (January-February 1978).

24. "Goodby Gravity," Omni 1, #5, 88-91 (January 1979).

25. "Einstein's Legacy," Omni 1, #7, 54-59 (March 1979).

26. "On the Tenth of Apollo 11," Galileo 2, 19-20 (September 1979).

27. "Antimatter Revealed," Omni 2, #2, 44-48 (November 1979).

28. "Speculations on the Spirit," Galileo 2, 16-18, 94-95 (November 1979).

29. "The Next Decade", Los Angeles Times, Sunday, Part IV, 3 (30 December 1979). (Paper incorrectly dated 1980.)

30. "Comet Catcher," Omni 2, #5, 55-60, 97 (February 1980).

31. "A Taste of Dragon's Egg," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 100, 64-74 (April 1980).

32. "How To Build a Time Machine," Omni 2, #8, 92-94, 122-123 (May 1980).

33. "Life on a Neutron Star," Omni 2, #12, 60-64 (September 1980).

34. "Spinning New Realities," Science 80 1, 40-49 (December 1980).

35. "Gravitational Radiation," Encyclopedia International, Grolier (1981).

36. "Spin Drive to the Stars," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 101, 64-70 (27 April 1981).

37. "Aliens in Our Seas," Omni 3, #8, 106-108, 116 (May 1981).

38. "High Wire Act," with H.P. Moravec, Omni 3, #10, 44-47 (July 1981).

39. "Antimatter Rockets," Omni 5, #2, 38 (November 1982).

40. "Gossamer Spacecraft", The International English Journal 2, 28-36 (December 1982-January 1983).

41. "Physics - General Developments," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1984 Yearbook of Science and the Future, 363-366 (January 1983).

42. "Murphy Lives!", Science 83 4, 78 (January/February 1983).

43. "Flattening Spacetime," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 103, 58-73 (March 1983).

44. "When Science Writes the Fiction", Proc. Eaton Conference, UCR, Riverside, CA (May 1983).

45. "Looking for New Life," Science Digest 91, 59-60 (May 1983).

46. "Physics-General Developments," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1985 Yearbook of Science and the Future, 364-367 (January 1984).

47. "The Paradox of the Torch Ship", foreword in Riding the Torch, by Norman Spinrad, Bluejay Books, New York (1984).

48. "The Paradox of Interstellar Transport," Far Frontiers, J. Pournelle and J. Baen, Eds. pp. 222-238, Baen Books, NY (1985).

49. "Physics-General Developments," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1986 Yearbook of Science and the Future, 362-365 (January 1985).

50. "Physics-General Developments," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1987 Yearbook of Science and the Future, 430-435 (January 1986).

51. "A Very Heavy Touchstone", Fantasy Review 9, #5, Whole #91, 10, 14 (May 1986).

52. "Ride a Laser to the Stars", (with Joel Davis), New Scientist 112, #1528, 31-35 (1986).

53. "Ships to the Stars," pp. 510-520, Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1988 Yearbook of Science and the Future (January 1987).

54. "Physics-General Developments," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1988 Yearbook of Science and the Future, 434-436 (January 1987).

55. "Magic Matter", pp. 43-69, New Destinies, Vol. I, Jim Baen, Ed., Baen Books, New York (Spring 1987).

56. "Physics-General Developments," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1989 Yearbook of Science and the Future, 385-388 (January 1988).

57. "The power of negative matter", New Scientist, 125, #1708, 54-57 (17 March 1990).

58. "The Negative Matter Space Drive", Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, 110, No. 9, 59-71 (August 1990). [Reprinted as Chap. 14, pp. 227-242 of Islands in the Sky, Stanley Schmidt and Robert Zubrin, Ed., Wiley Popular Science, New York (1996).]

59. "Polesitters", Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, 110, No. 13, 88-94 (December 1990).

60. "Polar 'satellite' could revolutionize communications", New Scientist, 129, No. 1759, p. 23 (9 March 1991).

61. "A Matter of Antimatter," Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1994 Yearbook of Science and the Future, pp. 28-45 (January 1994).

62. "Reaching for the stars", Focus, pp. 18-22 (August 1994).

63. "Technological Limits to Space Exploration: Can We Sail to the Stars?", pp. 171-193, Where Next Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration, Valerie Neal, Editor (Oxford University Press, New York, 1994).

64. "Faster than light space travel will someday be more than just SF", (interview by Geoffrey Landis with Gregory Benford, and John Cramer), Science Fiction Age, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 26-32, 95-97 (November 1994).

65. "Space Slings", Focus (October 1994).

66. "Faster-Than-Light", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. 115, No. 4, pp. 30-50 (March 1995).

67. "Forget SF's magical warp drives. Can today's science give us the stars for real?" (interview by Geoffrey Landis with David Brin and Jonathan Vos Post), Science Fiction Age, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 24-32, 103 (March 1995).

68. "The Search for Antimatter", Focus, pp. 38-41 (May 1995).

69. "Alien Life Between Here and the Stars", Chapter 7, pp. 117-122 in Islands in the Sky, Stanley Schmidt and Robert Zubrin, Ed., Wiley Popular Science, New York (1996).

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