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Induced radioactivity, also called artificial radioactivity or man-made radioactivity, is the process of using radiation to make a previously stable material radioactive. [1] The husband-and-wife team of Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie discovered induced radioactivity in 1934, and they shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...
In Gregory Benford's 2017 novel, The Berlin Project, set in an alternate history during World War II, Hitler uses radioactive dust against the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944. In the story, Hitler got the idea from Wernher von Braun who had read about it in Heinlein's "Solution Unsatisfactory".
Nevil Shute (novel); John Paxton (screenplay) The World, the Flesh and the Devil: 1959 The Time Machine: 1960 H. G. Wells (novel); David Duncan (screenplay) The Last War: 1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire: 1961 The Creation of the Humanoids: 1962 La jetée: 1962 Panic in Year Zero! 1962 This is Not a Test: 1962 Ladybug Ladybug: 1963 Fail-Safe ...
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
A light novel (Japanese: ライトノベル, Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan, [citation needed] usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting teens to twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging.
A light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) is a style of Japanese young adult fiction primarily targeting high school and middle school students. [1] The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. [2] or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words.
Must be a defining trait – Characters with access to vast powers (such as magical spells, advanced technology and genetic engineering) who are theoretically capable of this superhuman feature or ability – but who have neither made regular use nor provided a notable example of this extraordinary or supernatural feat – are not listed here.
Light is a science fiction novel by M. John Harrison published in 2002. It received the James Tiptree, Jr. Award [1] and a BSFA nomination [2] in 2002, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2003. [3] The Guardian ranked Light #91 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. [4]