Science and literature

Question 1

Science fiction

Answer 1

type of fiction that deals with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals.

Question 2

Origin and influence

Answer 2

emerged in the west, and it was influenced by the Industrial Revolution.

Question 3

In which century

Answer 3

beginning of the 20th century, the standard principles and themes has been established.

Question 4

How did the popularity of science fiction change after World War II and what were some of the new scientific inventions that contributed to its growth?

Answer 4

The development of nuclear energy.
Witnessing the effects of the atomic bombs.
The introduction and ability to travel through space. Human visits to the Moon.
The possibility of cloning human life.

Question 5

What are some of the forms of media that science fiction has developed into as a subculture by the 21st century?

Answer 5

• Books -Movies-Television shows-Computer games-Magazines
• Paintings
• Comics
• Collectible figurines
• Web sites

Question 6

Science fiction has two classifications

Answer 6

hard sci-fi
soft sci-fi.

Question 7

Hard sci-fi

Answer 7

based on concrete scientific fact. “They’re inspired by “hard” natural sciences like physics, chemistry, and astronomy”

Question 8

soft sci-fi

Answer 8

includes works which are either not scientifically accurate or they are loosely inspired by social sciences like psychology, anthropology, and sociology

Question 9

Science fiction is often referred to as

Answer 9

the “literature of ideas.”

Question 10

Characteristic of fiction science

Answer 10

imaginative
contains endless possibilities.
complex
carry abundant details.
offers indirect commentary on contemporary society.

Question 11

elements of a science fiction works include:

Answer 11

-Time travel
-Teleportation
-Mind control, telepathy, and telekinesis
-Aliens, extraterrestrial life forms, and mutants
-Space travel and exploration

Question 12

Synopsis of the sound of thunder

Answer 12

Set in 2055, time travel allows people to experience the past.
Eckels, a hunter, who pays 10,000 to travel back to the age of dinosaurs to hunt a Tyrannosaurus rex.
However, things do not go well, and Eckels ends up changing the future.

Question 13

What makes “A Sound of Thunder” a science fiction

Answer 13

It is set in the future, year 2055.
It is set in a fictional world.
Involves time travel.
It displays speculative technology, a time machine.
It integrates scientific theories (ex, the butterfly effect, and the chaos theory).
It involves alternative histories.

Question 14

The Chaos Theory

Answer 14

A scientific theory which tries to predict unpredictable systems.

Question 15

The chaos theory is used to predict:

Answer 15

Weather patterns
Ecosystems
Water flows.

Question 16

The butterfly effect

Answer 16

refers to a little action, event or incident that has a large and far-reaching impact.

Question 17

The role of science in “A Sound of Thunder”

Answer 17

it depicts A society consumed by technology fails to recognize the dangers of time travel.
Bradbury shows how small things, such as a butterfly, can have a significant impact through science.
He mixes hard scientific theories, like the chaos theory, with imagined scientific theories such as time travel.
He also describes everything in abundant details making the reader believe what he is reading is facts.