JAPC - How to Read the Universe: Science Fiction and Science

Speaker: Prof. Calvin Johnson, Dept. of Physics, SDSU

Topic: "How to Read the Universe: Science Fiction and Science"

Time: 2:00 PM, Friday, September 7th, 2007

Place: P-148 (refreshments will be served at 1:45 PM in P145A)

Abstract: Science is not mythology, but to the public it often function as if it were mythology. This is most apparent in the literature of science fiction, which is less about the findings of science than our attitudes towards science. I will discuss the many roles science plays in science fiction, and how science and science fiction both differ from other kinds of narratives.

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