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3 Νοε 2020 · Combining concepts, theories, and methods from literary studies, international relations, and energy humanities, the chapter examines the role and uses of nuclear energy in Isaac Asimov’s science-fiction novel Foundation (1951).
Nuclear Energy: Science Fiction's Metaphor of Power. The SF dictum that stories ought to be postulated on scientific concepts extra- polated from the existing data has not always been an easy standard for the genre's writers to maintain.
29 Ιαν 2021 · Atomic energy of various more or less plausible types, often very less plausible types, goes way back in science fiction. For example, The Skylark of Space by E.E. Smith is considered one of the earliest stories of interstellar travel and often called the first space opera.
It was the central component of the belief that technological innovation was the principal revolutionary force in the world. Once nuclear energy gave promise of actually fulfilling dreams of unlimited power, boundless social changes could be envisioned.
14 Απρ 2016 · Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is arguably the most famous set of science fiction novels ever written. The first novel was published in 1951, at a time when it seemed certain we would make the permanent switch to nuclear power for our energy needs.
Science Fiction and Nuclear Power in the Post-Hiroshima Period The writers of pulp-magazine science fiction found themselves in an ambivalent position after the explosion over Hiroshima of the first atomic bomb.
Atomic energy, in other words, is both alpha and omega; it offers both Armageddon and immortality. Berger elucidates a number of other responses to the fact of atomic weapons
