On Science Fiction As a Separate Field

Fiction informed by science.

“But Is It Science Fiction?”: Science Fiction and a Theory of Genre

If science fiction is a genre, then attempts to think about the nature of science fiction will be affected by one’s understanding of what genres are. I shall examine two approaches to genre, one (genres as regions of conceptual space) dominant but inadequate, the other (genres as historical particulars) better, but only occasionally making itself seen. I shall then discuss several important, in...

Vortex lattice melting theories as example of science fiction.

Vortex lattice melting theories as example of science fiction. Abstract It is shown that the popular conception of the vortex lattice melting have appeared in consequence of a incorrect notion about the Abrikosov state and incorrect definition of the phase coherence. The famous Abrikosov solution gives qualitatively incorrect result. The transition into the Abrikosov state must be first order i...

Science Fiction as an Introduction to AI Research

The undergraduate computer science curriculum is generally focused on skills and tools; most students are not exposed to much research in the field, and do not learn how to navigate the research literature. We describe how science fiction reviews were used as a gateway to research reviews. Students learn a little about current or recent research on a topic that stirs their imagination, and lear...

Science Fiction and Macdonald's Polynomials

This work studies the remarkable relationships that hold among certain m-tuples of the Garsia-Haiman modules M and corresponding elements of the Macdonald basis. We recall that in 10], M is deened for a partition`n, as the linear span of derivatives of a certain bihomogeneouspolynomial (x; y) in the variables x 1 ; x 2 conjecturedin 6], 10] that M has n! dimensionsand that its bigraded Frobeniu...