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Socio, 2019 After presenting the mainstream perspectives of sociologists of literature towards science fiction, the article aims at developing an original approach that could account for the specificity of science fiction, i.e.
Julien Wacquez
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Recent Progress in Oxide‐Based Na‐Ion Conductors
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Recent advances in oxide‐based sodium‐ion conductors are reviewed, focusing on β/β″‐alumina, NASICON‐type compounds, and Na5YSi4O12‐type (N5) silicates, together with emerging perovskite and layered oxides. Improvements in ionic conductivity, compositional tuning, and processing are highlighted.
Bowei Xun +3 more
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Sociolinguistics II: Deviance, Dystopia, And Democracy (LING82) Syllabus [PDF]
, 2018 This course builds upon foundational concepts in sociolinguistic theory to examine discourses of news and entertainment media, across science fiction and politics.
Thomas, Jamie A.
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study explores the lightweight potential of laser additive‐manufactured NiTi triply periodic minimal surface sheet lattices. It systematically investigates the effects of relative density and unit cell size on surface quality, deformation recovery, compression behavior, and energy absorption.
Haoming Mo +3 more
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Neal Stephenson’s Readme: a critique of gamification [PDF]
, 2016 Neal Stephenson’s writing has in many ways shaped post-cyberpunk science fiction as well as having a massive influence on real-world technology, so his move to realism with 2011’s Reamde offers an opportunity to understand science fiction’s changing ...
Mcfarlane, Anna
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What Can Double Estrangement Reveal about Speculative Fiction?
Fafnir, 2023 In my book Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color, I use the phrase “double estrangement” to describe science fiction texts that add a layer of racial self-consciousness to the estrangement of science fictional settings.
Joy Sanchez-Taylor
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Science fiction and the teaching of science
Enseñanza de las Ciencias, 2012 This work consists of a first approach to Science in science-fiction from the students’ point of view and researches on which possibilities it offers as a teaching aid.
Mª Francisca Petit Pérez +1 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates a novel noninvasive strategy to treat in‐stent restenosis using focused ultrasound. A shape memory alloy stent initially expands at body temperature. If restenosis occurs, targeted ultrasound heating thermally actuates the stent, enabling a secondary expansion to reopen the blocked vessel, offering a potential alternative to ...
Stephen Asare +3 more
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Fiction and Thought Experiment - A Case Study [PDF]
, 2016 Many philosophers are very sanguine about the cognitive contributions of fiction to science and philosophy. I focus on a case study: Ichikawa and Jarvis’s account of thought experiments in terms of everyday fictional stories.
Dohrn, Daniel
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Science-fiction et cognition [PDF]
, 2002 Cet article tente de faire le point sur les contributions scientifiques de la psychologie cognitive à la théorie du genre, et celle du
Mather, Philippe D.
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