Inspiration can be found anywhere – family, friends, heroes and, of course, science fiction.
To mark Star Trek‘s 50-year anniversary, researchers past and present at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics reflect on the show’s influence on them and their work.
Check out the Perimeter Institute for more.
Originally published by Cosmos as Physicists inspired by Star Trek say thanks
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