Strange Scientific Awards
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Strange Scientific Awards
Strange Scientific Awards explores the often-overlooked world of unconventional research and the scientific curiosity that drives it. This book champions the importance of questioning assumptions and celebrates the unexpected discoveries that arise from seemingly whimsical experiments. Did you know that someone won an award for studying why pregnant women are not easily tipped over? Or that research exists on the science of procrastination? The book argues that even research projects that appear frivolous can offer invaluable lessons about methodology and human behavior. Beginning with an introduction to ""strange"" scientific awards and their historical context, the book progresses through unusual animal behaviors, studies on seemingly inconsequential human problems, and an analysis of the broader implications of this type of science. It adopts a narrative non-fiction approach, blending engaging storytelling with rigorous scientific analysis, making it accessible and entertaining for general readers. Ultimately, Strange Scientific Awards encourages a more open-minded approach to scientific investigation, highlighting how novelty in research, even in seemingly trivial areas, can unexpectedly lead to significant advancements. It demonstrates how questioning established paradigms can inspire creativity and contribute to meaningful innovation, touching upon the ongoing debate about research funding and the value of exploratory research.
Cents of Wonder - Science Fiction's First Award Winners
Author: Steve Davidson
language: en
Publisher: The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC
Release Date:
Now! Together! For The First Time Anywhere! Pulled straight from the pages of the leading magazines of their age, 14 stories by the people whose imagination, creativity, and scientific acumen helped define the genre that would become known as Science Fiction. Between 1926 and 1930 Hugo Gernsback hosted the science fiction field’s inaugural writing contests, first in Amazing Stories, and then again in Science Wonder Stories, the genre’s first two magazines devoted entirely to the publication of scientifiction tales. These are the authors whose tales of wonder and speculation inspired the writers you’re more familiar with, writers such as Asimov, Bradbury, Le Guin, Heinlein, Brackett, Moore, and others. Before there was science fiction, before there were Fans, before conventions, before comics, before cosplay, these fourteen pioneers stepped off into the unknown of imagination and helped entire generations learn to willingly suspend their disbelief, engage their sense of wonder, and take off for the stars! And they won awards for it!
Strange Divisions and Alien Territories
Author: Keith Brooke
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date: 2012-02-10
Strange Divisions and Alien Territories explores the sub-genres of science fiction from the perspectives of a range of top SF authors. Combining a critical viewpoint with the exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing authors working in the field, contributors include Michael Swanwick, Catherine Asaro and Paul di Filippo.