The Art of the What-If?: In 17 Science Fiction Tales from the Past
暫譯: 假如的藝術：17個來自過去的科幻故事

Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of 25 books on mathematics, physics, and the history of science, published by Springer, and the university presses of Princeton and Johns Hopkins. He received the 2017 Chandler Davis Prize for Excellence in Expository Writing in Mathematics (for his paper 'The Mysterious Mr. Graham, ' The Mathematical Intelligencer, Spring 2016). He gave the invited 2011 Sampson Lectures in Mathematics at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.

保羅·J·納欣是新罕布什爾大學的電機工程名譽教授。他是25本有關數學、物理學和科學史的書籍的作者，這些書籍由施普林格（Springer）以及普林斯頓大學出版社和約翰霍普金斯大學出版社出版。他因其論文《神秘的格雷厄姆先生》（The Mysterious Mr. Graham，發表於2016年春季的《數學智者》（The Mathematical Intelligencer））獲得2017年錢德勒·戴維斯數學解說寫作卓越獎（Chandler Davis Prize for Excellence in Expository Writing in Mathematics）。他於2011年在緬因州劉易斯頓的貝茨學院（Bates College）發表了受邀的薩姆森數學講座（Sampson Lectures in Mathematics）。