TIMELINE 17th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE Copyright 1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004 by Magic Dragon Multimedia. All rights reserved Worldwide. May not be reproduced without permission. May be posted electronically provided that it is transmitted unaltered, in its entirety, and without charge. Why was the 17th Century the Dawn of Science Fiction? There are 3 hotlinks here to authors, magazines, films, or television items elsewhere in the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide or beyond. Most recently updated: 24 December 2003 Over 141 Kilobytes of text. This web page draws heavily on FACTS as listed in "The Timetables of Science", by Alexander Hellemans and Bryan Bunch [New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988]. Executive Summary of the 17th Century "During the seventeenth century the world became a machine" [see below for explanation]. "the World Became a Machine" "During the seventeenth century the world became a machine, and mechanics became the mathematical science of motion. Inventions and Discoveries 17th Century Theatre
Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope - Star Wars Uncut: The Empire Strikes Back A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... In 2009, Casey Pugh asked Internet users to remake Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. In a few months time, thousands of fans responded with extraordinary creativity from around the world. Star Wars Uncut has been featured in documentaries, news features and conferences around the world for its unique appeal. Finally, the crowd-sourced project has been stitched together and put online for your streaming pleasure. Many thanks to Aaron Valdez (video editor) and Bryan Pugh (sound design/mixing) for the countless hours they put into this masterpiece.
How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later First, before I begin to bore you with the usual sort of things science fiction writers say in speeches, let me bring you official greetings from Disneyland. I consider myself a spokesperson for Disneyland because I live just a few miles from it—and, as if that were not enough, I once had the honor of being interviewed there by Paris TV. For several weeks after the interview, I was really ill and confined to bed. I think it was the whirling teacups that did it. Elizabeth Antebi, who was the producer of the film, wanted to have me whirling around in one of the giant teacups while discussing the rise of fascism with Norman Spinrad... an old friend of mine who writes excellent science fiction. We also discussed Watergate, but we did that on the deck of Captain Hook's pirate ship. The countryside, brown and dry, in summer, where he had lived as a child. Thrones were set in place and one ancient in years took his seat. The white-haired old man appears again in Revelation, 1:13: I am Ubik.
Mind Uploading | Terraforming Timeline | Space Elevator | Femtoengineering | Femtotechnology | Technological Singularity | 22nd century | Future | Timeline | 2050 | 2100 | 2150 | 2200 Human intelligence is being vastly amplified by AI Ubiquitous, large-scale automation has led to vast swathes of human employees being replaced by virtual or robotic counterparts. Strong AI now occupies almost every level of business, government, the military, manufacturing and service sectors. Rather than being separate entities, these AI programs are often merged with human minds, greatly extending the latter's capability. The world has been transformed by this fusion of people and machines. The benefits of this human-AI merger require the extensive use of implants, however – something which a significant minority of the population still refuses to accept. Nomadic floating cities are roaming the oceans At the dawn of the 22nd century, many of the world's cities lie partially submerged due to rising sea levels.* Despite some attempts to build flood defences, even famous locations – such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Sydney – have been affected. Credit: Shimizu Corporation
Kurd Lasswitz Kurd Lasswitz (German: Kurd Laßwitz, IPA: [ˈkʊʁt ˈlasvɪt͡s]; 20 April 1848 – 17 October 1910) was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction".[1] He sometimes used the pseudonym Velatus. Biography[edit] Lasswitz studied mathematics and physics at the University of Breslau and the University of Berlin, and earned his doctorate in 1873. He spent most of his career as a teacher at the Gymnasium Ernestinum in Gotha (1876–1908).[2]:87–88 Works[edit] His first published science fiction story wasBis zum Nullpunkt des Seins ("To the Zero Point of Existence", 1871), depicting life in 2371, but he earned his reputation with his 1897 novel Auf zwei Planeten, which describes an encounter between humans and a Martian civilization that is older and more advanced. His last book was Sternentau: die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond ("Star Dew: the Plant of Neptune's Moon", 1909). A crater on Mars was named in his honour, as was the asteroid 46514 Lasswitz.
Rocketpunk Manifesto: Spaceship Design 103: Quick & Dirty Reader JP emailed to ask about the practical sequence of spaceship design, where 'practical' means suited for created settings, stories or games, not spaceworthy for actual travel. In other words, do not try these tricks anywhere but at home. And if you haven't done so already, this is a good time to consult relevant sections of Atomic Rockets, including the handy page of equations (from which I also swiped the image above). JP writes: I get the feeling that there's a specific order that I have to go in in order to determine the following:-Acceleration-Propulsion system specific impulse-Available payload capacity-Propulsion system mass flow The short answer is there is no one 'right' way to attack this interlinked web of performance traits. Define one parameter and all the others can vary around it. The first parameter of all is mission delta v - how fast you want the ship to go - because that will drive everything else. For chemfuel, both of these are sharply defined.
Engine Finally it is time to calculate the spacecraft's total DeltaV. For this, you can thank Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation. This equation is the sine qua non of rocketry, without it this website would not exist. Sir Arthur C. Anyway, the equation is: Δv = Ve * ln[R] where Δv = ship's total deltaV capability (m/s)Ve = exhaust velocity of propulsion system (m/s)R = ship's mass ratioln[x] = natural logarithm of x, the "ln" key on your calculator Suppose that the Polaris has a 1st generation Gaseous Core Fission drive. There is a very important consequence that might not be obvious at first glance. As a rule of thumb, the maximum economic mass ratio is about 4 (if the exhaust velocity of the engine cannot be changed, the optimum mass ratio is about 4.95). Turning it around again, if you have chosen the mission, once you know the delta V you can calculate the optimal exhaust velocity. Why is there an optimum value?
Untitled Practical design for a deep space, high speed interplanetary spaceship, and precursor for future interstellar ship design. Introduction | Origins | Space Voyages | Next Generation Spaceflight | Download | Contact A practical solution to the problems of long term, long distant voyages in space. To address the hazards of long trips in freefall by providing artificial gravity. To solve the problems faced by exposure to micrometeorites and suchlike projectiles, and the issues of radiation exposure from the sun. This is the SpringShip. Goto Top A number of years ago I coined the term "spring" to refer to spinning rings in spaceships and stations, or any comparable spinning structure, cylinder, sphere, etc., to deal with the lack of gravity in space and its damage on the human body when removed from the stress and stimulus of living on planet Earth. Goto Top The SpringShip is intended to be a ship for the solar generation. Download the full description for a SpringShip here.
Читать "The Complete Stories of Philip K. Dick Vol. 5: The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Classic Stories" - Dick Philip - Страница 41 - Litmir.net "The President and his cabinet," Stafford offered tensely. "An ultimate decision like this has to be his. He bears the moral responsibility." "But the decision," the engineer spoke up, "is not a moral question, Stafford. And that's why you rousted me from bed, Stafford realized with a thrill of icy dismal grief. A diagnosis, he realized. The decision evidently lay with the repairman, because the others had given up. He wondered how much time he had. Sidewalk gum machines, he pondered. It amazed him: the power of one small tool to halt the workings of a mammoth constellation of autonomic processes. "What we must try," Stafford said, "is introduction of calculated, experimental – and false – data." Amused, one of the FBI men said, "You think it'll believe that?" "It always believes its data," Stafford said. "But if the data conflict," the engineer pointed out, "it'll analyze everything out and accept the most probable chain." Ceasing typing, he sat back, waiting. "A lie!" "Ask what?" "So?"
Blog Archive » In Search of Indian Science Fiction: A Conversation with Anil Menon When I was a kid growing up in India, my first exposure to things science-fictional (sort of) was through a series of fat little books in Hindi that could fit comfortably in my hand. The stories were an indiscriminate mix of earth-bound fairy tales and cosmic voyages, and their flashy covers and melodramatic dialog immediately caught my imagination. I’d already heard the great epics from my mother and grandmother and these little books seemed to be in the same vein. By the time I was eleven, however, I’d discovered Asimov, Clarke and Bradbury, and there seemed to be no real SF written by Indians. In my teens I came across the occasional story published by cosmologist and SF writer Jayant Narlikar, but that was it. Now, many years later, I know that science fiction in India has had quite a history. I only read in Hindi and English, so it is not surprising I missed, for instance, the rich tradition of SF in Bengali. There are also many Indian writers writing SF in English.
Free. Fair. Fearless Udankhatola Redux Dhoti-clad robots and the birth of Karna as explained by Einstein. ARSHAD SAID KHAN explores the growing world of sci-fi in Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and other anguages DNA-ALTERING experiments, moody robots, strange mutations from failed cloning projects, wonder machines and nano-gadgetry, and, of course, aliens playing peek-a-boo with humans — science fiction writing in Indian languages has this all and more. It all began in 19th century Bengal. Many Bengali writers were inspired by and imitated pioneering western SF writers like Jules Verne and HG Wells. With writers like Amar Sidhu and DP Singh, whose stories have been well received, Punjab is the only state in the north where SF is emerging as a popular genre with a dedicated readership. Another indicator of SF’s popularity in the south is the Mysore based IASFS which organises annual conferences to popularise the kannadasahitya. com have also helped. “Western SF deals more with fantasy.
Year's Best SF 16 (Year's Best SF (Science Fiction)) (9780062035905): David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer How Cyberpunk Saved Sci-Fi | Underwire The Windup Girl author Paolo Bacigalupi on what we can learn from the cyberpunk breakthrough.Illustration: Eero Pitkänen Science fiction was stuck in a complacent groove by the 1980s. You could go into a bookstore and find Arthur C. Clarke’s next Odyssey installment or Isaac Asimov’s books about the three laws of robotics. Robert Heinlein was still churning out sex and philosophy. But despite the efforts of a variety of literary insurgencies, science fiction felt very much like it did 20 or 30 years before. And then came cyberpunk—Pat Cadigan, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling. It was cyberspace and console cowboys, leather jackets, Zeiss eye implants, modded Russian knockoff prostheses, extinct horses, mirrorshades. For me as a kid, reading cyberpunk was like seeing the world for the first time. Cyberpunk felt urgent. It was a desperately needed course correction. The thing is, we’re starting to hit another course correction. And of course, the huge question mark is global warming.
Fantasy and Science Fiction - Gene Wolfe Section The Wolf in the Labyrinthby Michael Swanwick ALL FICTION is lies, of course. But the best fictions tell useful lies, ones that help us make sense of an often confusing world. Here's the short version: Wolfe is so extremely smart that he stands out even in a field that routinely attracts savants, autodidacts, brilliant loners, and wild talents; he writes both novels and short fiction with complete mastery; he's endlessly inventive and endlessly surprising; he fills his works with what programmers call "Easter eggs," puzzles and secret treats for those who care to fossick them out; he dares to take chances; his writing covers an astonishing range of subjects and styles; he creates people you care about; his research is meticulous and his facts reliable; he has the slyest sense of humor imaginable; and his prose is as good as prose gets. You see? Take "A Solar Labyrinth," first published in this magazine in 1983, which at first glance seems barely more than a whimsy. 1.