Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ203677
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Publication Date: 1979-May
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Contemporary American Physics Fiction.
Friedman, Alan J.
American Journal of Physics, v47 n5 p392-95 May 1979
Discusses the works by six contemporary American novelists that illustrate the current state of "physics fiction." The discussed examples of physics fiction ranged from the fluent and frequent inclusion of the casual, to the elaborate systems of physics metaphors. (GA)
Descriptors: Literature, Metaphors, Novels, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Science Education, Science Fiction, Space Sciences, Theories, Thermodynamics
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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