The Science Of Science Fiction
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| 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 | : Peter Nicholls |
| Publisher | : Crescent |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780517653357 |
| 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 | : 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 | : Charles L. Adler |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2020-07-08 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781629979472 |
| Author | : Adam Roberts |
| Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016-08-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9781137569592 |
This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter: a wealth of new readings and original research. The author’s groundbreaking thesis that science fiction is born out of the 17th-century Reformation is here bolstered with a wide range of new supporting material and many hundreds of 17th- and 18th-century science fiction texts, some of which have never been discussed before. The account of 19th-century science fiction has been expanded, and the various chapters tracing the twentieth-century bring in more writing by women, and science fiction in other media including cinema, TV, comics, fan-culture and other modes.
| Author | : Jerome Winter |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2021-03-19 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1793621489 |
Citizen Science Fiction draws on an interdisciplinary swath of literature and media to make the case that the science fiction genre can help rethink the pedagogical use of citizen science as a tool to interrogate our collective civic engagement with science and the incorporation of science into a rigorous, exciting writing-based curriculum. The book revolves around recent developments in specific scientific disciplines, including biology, ecology, computer science, astronomy, and cognitive science. Winter closely studies a range of science-fiction texts and tropes -- such as aliens, robots, clones, mind uploads, galactic empires -- for what they have to contribute to the ongoing scholarly discussion on psychological mindset and mindful argument, reading for probing inquiry and productive uncertainty in the age of the Anthropocene, reading for voice with a view to our digitally dominated future, and reading for threshold concepts in a scientifically driven society.
| Author | : McGraw-Hill Education |
| Publisher | : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780844259949 |
Decades of Science Fiction is an anthology of 27 short stories that illustrate the development and popularity of the genre. Through its collection of well-chosen, classic stories, it allows students to trace the evolution of science fiction from the days of H.G Wells and Verne through the present. The text contains important historical and contextual information and demonstrates how science fiction, the adaptable genre, relates to the important issues of our lives.
| 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 | : Robert Silverberg |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 736 |
| Release | : 2004-12 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780765305343 |
The mysteries and marvels of the science fiction world are brought to life in this compilation of stories representing the work of major authors in this field.
