Template:Realworld Star Trek arises and deals with a lot of ethical, political, sociological, and all other academical sorts of questions. How seriously is Star Trek to be taken when it comes to attempting to find an answer to those questions? Which findings can be revealed? Many scientists from universities and other authors have dedicated their time and effort to writing textbooks on this issue. The following list is meant to provide an overview, which, of course, makes no claim to completeness.
English textbooks
- Barad, Judith / Robertson (ed.): The Ethics of Star Trek. Harper-Collins 2000.
- Bernardi, Daniel Leonard: Star Trek and History: Race-ing Toward a White Future. Rutgers University Press 1998.
- Decker, Kevin S. / Eberl, Jason T. (ed.): Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant. Carus / Open Court, Chicago / LaSalle 2008.
- Devine, Carol: Star Trek Revealed: The Spiritual Dimension of the Original Series. Bruce & Bruce 2007.
- Greenwald, Jeff: Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth. Penguin, about 1998.
- Hanley, Richard: Is Data Human?: The Metaphysics Of Star Trek. Perseus / Basic Books, New York 1997.
- Harrison, Taylor / Helford, Elyce Rae / Ono, Kent A. / Projansky, Sarah (ed.): Enterprise Zones: Critical Positions on Star Trek. Westview Press 1996.
- Hassler, Donald M. / Wilcox, Clyde: Political Science Fiction. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia 1997.
- Marinaccio, Dave: All I really need to know I learned from watching Star Trek. Crown Publishers, New York 1994.
- Richards, Thomas: The Meaning of Star Trek. Main Street Books 1999.
- Roberts, Robin: A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction. Illinois University Press, Illinois 1993.
- Roberts, Robin: Sexual Generations: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gender. Illinois University Press, Illinois 1999.
German textbooks
- Bottlinger, Andrea / Humberg, Christian: Sorge dich nicht, beame!: Besser leben mit Star Wars und Star Trek. Amigo Grafik, Ludwigsburg 2012.
- Brandt, Helga / Friedrich, Petra / Richter, Thomas / Rogotzki, Nina: Faszinierend! Star Trek und die Wissenschaften. 2 Bde. Ludwig, Kiel 2012.
- Hansemann, Henrik: Die Philosophie bei Star Trek: Mit Kirk, Spock und Picard auf der Reise durch unendliche Weiten. Wiley, Weinheim 2013.
- Hellmann, Kai-Uwe und Klein, Arne (Hg.): "Unendliche Weiten..." STAR TREK zwischen Unterhaltung und Utopie. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
- Hillenbrand, Mike / Humberg, Christian: TREKminds - Nur der Himmel ist die Grenze (Was die Welt von Star Trek lernen kann). iFuB 2011.
- Marinaccio, Dave: Alles was ich im Leben wirklich brauche, habe ich von Star Trek gelernt. Heyne 1995.
- Sennewald, Nadja: Alien Gender: Die Inszenierung von Geschlecht in Science-Fiction-Serien. transcript, Bielefeld 2007.
- Stölzel, Simone: Unendliche Weiten: Lösungsorientiert denken mit Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock und Dr. McCoy. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Bristol/Göttingen 2012.
- Weber, Ingrid: Unendliche Weiten. Iko-Verlag 1997.
- Wenger, Christian: Jenseits der Sterne: Gemeinschaft und Identität in Fankulturen. Zur Konstitution des Star Trek-Fandoms. transcript, Bielefeld 2006.