Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths by Scientific American Editors
English | July 15th, 2022 | ISBN: 9781466842526 | 180 pages | True EPUB | 0.72 MB
Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair? These questions are a sample of the urban lore investigated in this eBook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths. Drawing from Scientific American's "Fact or Fiction" and "Strange But True" columns, we've selected 58 of the most surprising, fascinating, useful and just plain wacky topics confronted by our writers over the years.
Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained by Scientific American Editors
English | July 15th, 2022 | ISBN: 9781466859050 | 180 pages | True EPUB | 0.87 MB
We're back to debunk a second collection of urban lore and cultural mythology in Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Cultural Myths Explained. In this sequel to our best-selling first edition, we cast our analytical eye on long-standing claims such as the "5-second rule," which insists that food dropped on the floor is safe to eat if picked up within 5 seconds, and that a "base tan" will protect against sunburn.
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction By Deane Mansfield-Kelley, Lois Marchino
2004 | 496 Pages | ISBN: 0321195019 | PDF | 21 MB
A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.
James Elles, "Fiction, Fact and Future: The Essence of EU Democracy "
English | ISBN: 1912208636 | 2019 | 90 pages | EPUB | 751 KB
Since its inception, the European Union has developed to become an open and transparent system which is democratically accountable to more than five hundred million European citizens. James Elles explains how the EU functions, emphasizing the emerging role of the European Parliament in the process. Elles reviews the history of Britain's relationship with the EU and illustrates how a reluctance to consult the British people on multiple Treaty changes led to a lack of understanding about Brussels. Looking to the future, Elles assesses the global long-term trends that lie ahead to 2030 and underlines that closer European cooperation, for example on environmental and digital policies, will help them to be more easily resolved. As the next decade unfurls, the EU with President Macron at the forefront of the debate will progress and the European Parliament will continue to develop as a platform for the voice of the European people. From the disinterest of political leaders to the ambitions of emerging nations, Fiction, Fact and Future is not only a guide to why Britain failed to make the most of its EU membership, but also an optimistic message to a younger generation to help shape their future in the 21st century.
Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom: The Case of the "Good" Fan
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031040783 | 216 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2 MB
This book follows the ways in which women negotiate and navigate between their feminist identities and their belonging to science fiction fandoms that at times disregard or dismiss them. It explores frictions and discords, including those between feminist women fans and other members in their communities, and between the fan and the object of her fandom. This book examines the intersection of fandom and feminism through the lenses of gender, ethnicity and age, and provides an in-depth and intersectional perspective on fan communities and the layered discrimination and marginalization enfolded in them. Based on 40 in-depth interviews with women fans of Star Wars and Doctor Who, this book highlights the different aspects of a feminist woman fan's identity: becoming, being, belonging, representing, and reconciling. Each chapter in this book unravels the complexity, ambivalence, and contradictions between feminism and fandom, and reveals the tactics women develop to overcome and harmonize them.
Rafe McGregor, "A Criminology Of Narrative Fiction "
English | ISBN: 152920805X | 2021 | 186 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Criminology has been reluctant to embrace fictional narratives as a tool for understanding, explaining and reducing crime and social harm. In this philosophical enquiry, McGregor uses examples from films, television, novels and graphic novels to demonstrate the extensive criminological potential of fiction around the world. Building on previous studies of non-fiction narratives, the book is the first to explore the ways criminological fiction provides knowledge of the causes of crime and social harm. For academics, practitioners and students, this is an engaging and thought-provoking critical analysis that establishes a bold new theory of criminological fiction.
M. Tanaka, "Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1349476668, 1137373547 | PDF | pages: 206 | 1.3 mb
Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945.
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Marc Yamada, "Locating Heisei in Japanese Fiction and Film: The Historical Imagination of the Lost Decades "
English | ISBN: 0367345501 | 2019 | 166 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
This book provides the first interdisciplinary examination of the popular fiction and film of the "lost decades" of Japan's Heisei period (1989-2019).