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Author(s): Brian Stableford
ISBN(s): 9780415974608, 0415974607
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Year: 2006
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0415974607 
ISBN 13: 9780415974608
Author: Brian Stableford

Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings. Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow and counterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are discussed as needed.

Science Fact and Science Fiction An Encyclopedia 1st Table of contents:

Thematic List of Entries
Celestial Bodies and Phenomena
Celestial Bodies and Phenomena: Solar System
Concepts
Genres
Leading Figures: Authors
Leading Figures: Characters
Leading Figures: Philosophers
Leading Figures: Scientists
Leading Figures: Scientists/Authors
Pseudoscience
Sciences
Scientific Models and Theories
Scientific Models and Theories: Elements
Social Sciences
Theology
Introduction
Science and Literature
Science Fiction
The Encyclopaedia
Bibliographic References
Cross-References
Acknowledgements
Entries A–Z
A
Acoustics
Aeronautics
Aesthetics
Air
Alchemy
Aldiss, Bruan W[ilsin] (1925–)
Alien
Alienation
Alternative History
Anderson, Poul (William) (1926–2001)
Android
Anthropology
Archaeology
Aristotle (384–322 b.c.)
Art
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Satellite
Asimov, Issac (1920–1992)
Asteroid
Astrology
Astronomy
Atom
Atom Bomb
Automation
Automobile
B
Bacon, Francis (1561–1626)
Bacon, Roger (ca. 1220–1292)
Ballard, J(ames) G(raham) (1930–)
Baxter, Stephen M(ichael) (1957–)
Benford, Gregory (Albert) (1941–)
Big Bang, The
Biology
Biotechnology
Black Hole
Blish, James (Benjamin) (1921–1975)
Botany
Bova, Ben(Jamin William) (1932–)
Brin, (Glen) David (1950–)
Broderick, Damien (Francis) (1944–)
C
Campbell, John W[ood] Jr. (1910–1971)
Cartography
Catastrophism
Chaos
Chemistry
Cinema
Civilisation
Clarke, Sir Arthur C[harles] (1917–)
Clement, Hal
Clone
Colonisation
Comet
Computer
Conte Philosophique
Cosmology
Creationism
Criminology
Cryogenics
Cryptography
Crystallography
Cybernetics
Cyberspace
Cyborg
D
Darwin, Charles (Robert) (1809–1882)
Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802)
Death
Decadence
De Camp, L[yon] Sprague (1907–2000)
Dee, John (1527–1609)
Delany, Samuel R[ay] (1942–)
Dick, Philip K[indred] (1928–1982)
Dinosaur
Disaster
Dyson, Freeman (John) (1923–)
Dystopia
E
Earth
Ecocatastrophe
Ecology
Economics
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931)
Egan, Greg (1961–)
Einstein, Albert (1879–1955)
Electricity
Element
Engineering
Entomology
Entropy
Ether
Ethics
Ethnology
Eugenics
Evolution
Exobiology
Experiment
Extrapolation
F
Faust
Fermi Paradox, The
Fire
Flammarion, (Nicholas) Camille (1842–1925)
Flying Saucer
Food Science
Force
Forensic Science
Fort, Charles (Hoy) (1874–1932)
Forward, Robert L[ull] (1932–2002)
Fourth Dimension, The
Frankenstein
Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939)
Future
Futurology
G
Galaxy
Galileo
Game
Genetic Engineering
Genetics
Geography
Geology
Geometry
Gernsback, Hugo (1884–1967)
Gibson, William (Ford), (1948–)
Gravity
Greenhouse Effect, The
H
Haldane, J[ohn] B[urton] S[anderson] (1892–1964)
Hard Science Fiction
Heinlein, Robert A[nson] (1907–1988)
Hinton, C[harles] H[oward] (1853–1907)
History of Science, The
History
Horror
Hoyle, Sir Fred (1915–2001)
Huxley, Aldous (1894–1963)
Hyperspace
Hypnosis
I
Ideology
Impossibility
Intelligence
Invention
Invisibility
J
Jung, Carl (Gustav) (1875–1961)
Jupiter
K
Kepler, Johannes (1571–1630)
L
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste de Monet, Chevalier de (1744–1829)
Law
Le Guin, Ursula K[roeber] (1929–)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
Levinson, Paul (1947–)
Ley, Willy (1906–1969)
Life
Light
Linguistics
Logic
Longevity
Lovelock, James (1919–)
M
Macrocosm
Magnetism
Mars
Marx, Karl (1818–1883)
Mathematics
Matter
Matter Transmission
Mechanics
Medicine
Mercury
Mesmer, (Franz) Anton (1734–1815)
Metaphysics
Meteorite

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