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Science-fiction is not required to go into deep scientific explanations of what the characters do. Rather, it contemplates a "what if" scenario related to an issue that is of scientific debate, or one that flies in the face of that is presumed as confirmed knowledge but is merely sound- seeming theories with no absolute verification. Most typically it deals with a scientific possibility that people have been fantasizing for a long period of time (flying, invisibility, physiological mutation, life on other planets, time travel, resurrection, shriking/growing, space travel & colonization) and the technology required to do so. Usually only a few aspects of the technology are explained and analyzed, with the focus being more on wondering at its effects on humanity.
The other approach to science fiction is taking a look at a world that has already been changed by many advances in science or by unforseen scientific dilemmas, or a look at the impact that threatening beings with superior technology could have on the civilization current to the author.
In the end, science fiction is not necessarily about proposing a complex scientific theory to the fullest detail and then realistically building upon its employment. If so, then the genre is limited to very few books. And recall that fiction does mean fantasy, or at least an untrue story.
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