Science is Fiction
Author | : Andy Masaki Bellows |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780262523189 |
Essays examining the work of maverick scientific documentary filmmaker Jean Painleve.
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Author | : Andy Masaki Bellows |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780262523189 |
Essays examining the work of maverick scientific documentary filmmaker Jean Painleve.
Author | : Susan Schneider |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2016-03-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1118922611 |
Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2nd Edition, presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues. Uses science fiction to address a series of classic and contemporary philosophical issues, including many raised by recent scientific developments Explores questions relating to transhumanism, brain enhancement, time travel, the nature of the self, and the ethics of artificial intelligence Features numerous updates to the popular and highly acclaimed first edition, including new chapters addressing the cutting-edge topic of the technological singularity Draws on a broad range of science fiction’s more familiar novels, films, and TV series, including I, Robot, The Hunger Games, The Matrix, Star Trek, Blade Runner, and Brave New World Provides a gateway into classic philosophical puzzles and topics informed by the latest technology
Author | : Andrew May |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2016-09-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319426052 |
Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity ... are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavours that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that pseudoscience is presented as fact, not fiction. Yet like SF, and unlike real science, pseudoscience is driven by a desire to please an audience – in this case, people who “want to believe”. This has led to significant cross-fertilization between the two disciplines. SF authors often draw on “real” pseudoscientific theories to add verisimilitude to their stories, while on other occasions pseudoscience takes its cue from SF – the symbiotic relationship between ufology and Hollywood being a prime example of this. This engagingly written, well researched and richly illustrated text explores a wide range of intriguing similarities and differences between pseudoscience and the fictional science found in SF. Andrew May has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in astrophysics from Manchester University. After many years in academia and the private sector, he now works as a freelance writer and scientific consultant. He has written pocket biographies of Newton and Einstein, as well as contributing to a number of popular science books. He has a lifelong interest in science fiction, and has had several articles published in Fortean Times magazine
Author | : Edmund J. Farrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Readers (Secondary) |
ISBN | : 9780673034076 |
Author | : Peter Nicholls |
Publisher | : Crescent |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780517653357 |
Author | : Matthew Brenden Wood |
Publisher | : Nomad Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2017-02-20 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1619304686 |
Early science fiction imagined a world with space travel, video calls, and worldwide access to information, things we now know as NASA’s human spaceflight program, Skype, and the Internet. What next? Could we really bring back the dinosaurs, travel to a distant star, or live on Mars? In The Science of Science Fiction, readers ages 12 to 15 explore the science behind classic and modern science fiction stories, including artificial intelligence, androids, and the search for alien life. They learn how cutting edge concepts, including time dilation and genetic manipulation, influence today’s fiction. The Science of Science Fiction promotes critical thinking skills through inquiry, discovery, research, analysis, and reflection of key scientific ideas and concepts made popular by many titles in science fiction. Each chapter features informative sidebars and video and website links for an in-depth look at key topics. Science-minded experiments include a simple demonstration of artificial gravity using a bucket of water and calculating the speed of light using chocolate in a microwave. This variety of resources ensures the material is accessible to students with diverse learning styles.
Author | : Barry B. Luokkala |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2013-10-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 146147891X |
The material in this book forms the basis of an interdisciplinary, college-level course, which uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Unlike traditional introductory-level courses, the science content is arranged according to major themes in science fiction, with a deliberate progression from the highly objective and discipline-specific (e.g. Reference Frames; Physics of Space Travel and Time Travel) to the very multi-disciplinary and thought-provoking (e.g. Human Teleportation; Science and Society). Over 100 references to science fiction films and television episodes are included, spanning more than 100 years of cinematic history. Some of these are conducive to calculations (solutions included).
Author | : Everett Franklin Bleiler |
Publisher | : Kent State University Press |
Total Pages | : 1032 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780873384162 |
In this volume the author describes more than 3000 short stories, novels, and plays with science fiction elements, from earliest times to 1930. He includes imaginary voyages, utopias, Victorian boys' books, dime novels, pulp magazine stories, British scientific romances and mainstream work with science fiction elements. Many of these publications are extremely rare, surviving in only a handful of copies, and most of them have never been described before.
Author | : Gary Westfahl |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0786484764 |
Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.
Author | : Iain Banks |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Caste |
ISBN | : 0743421922 |
Eight hundred years after the most horrific battle of the Idiran war, light from its world-destroying detonations is about to reach the Masaq Orbital, home to the Culture. Major Quilan has supposedly come to take the exiled Composer Ziller back to their war-ravaged home world, Chel. But despite the major's civilized veneer, his true mission may be the death and destruction of an entire civilization.