| Title: | WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "SCIENCE" IN SCIENCE FICTION? |
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| Category: | general |
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| Timeslot: | Sun 01:00 pm (90 minutes) |
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| Location: | ACC / 202-AB |
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| Description: | SF once was primarily a written medium which inspired countless young people to seek careers as engineers, scientists, and astronauts at NASA and in the aerospace industry. Today, SF covers a broad range of media, and many of its most well-known incarnations -- e.g. Star Wars -- present the visual window-dressing of science fiction without attempting to ground it in anything resembling science fact. Does contemporary science fiction still inspire young people to have science and engineering careers? |
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| Speaker(s): | Larry Niven, Robert Gounley, Greg Bear, James Killus(M), Dr. Gregory Benford |
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