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2. Nightfall (Asimov novelette and novel) - Wikipedia

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   24434629. " Nightfall " [ 1] is a 1941 science fiction short story by the American writer Isaac Asimov about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily illuminated by sunlight at all times. It was adapted into a novel with Robert Silverberg in 1990. The short story has appeared in many anthologies and six collections of Asimov ...

3. Let There Be Light (Heinlein short story) - Wikipedia

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   Let There Be Light (Heinlein short story) " Let There Be Light " is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally published in Super Science Stories magazine in May 1940 under the pseudonym Lyle Monroe. It is the second story in his Future History and was included in the first collection, The Man Who Sold the ...

4. Inconstant Moon - Wikipedia

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   LC Class. PZ4.N734 In3 PS3564.I9. Inconstant Moon is a science fiction short story collection by American author Larry Niven that was published in 1973. " Inconstant Moon " is also a 1971 short story that is included in the collection. The title refers to "O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon", a quote from the balcony scene in William ...

5. Foundation and Chaos - Wikipedia

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   PS3552.E157 F65 1998. Preceded by. Foundation's Fear. Followed by. Foundation's Triumph. Foundation and Chaos (1998) is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear, set in Isaac Asimov 's Foundation universe. It is the second book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate.

6. Dispersion (optics) - Wikipedia

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   A compact fluorescent lamp seen through an Amici prism. In optics and in wave propagation in general, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency; [ 1] sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used for specificity to optics in particular. A medium having this common property may be termed a ...

7. List of science fiction short stories - Wikipedia

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   Asimov's Science Fiction: 1982 Let There Be Light (Clarke short story) Arthur C. Clarke: Playboy: 1957 Let There Be Light (Heinlein short story) Robert A. Heinlein: Super Science Stories: 1940 Let's Go to Golgotha! Garry Kilworth: The Sunday Times: 1957 Life-Line: Robert A. Heinlein: Analog Science Fiction: 1939 Light of Other Days: Bob Shaw ...

8. Prism (optics) - Wikipedia

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   Prism (optics) A familiar dispersive prism. An optical prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that are designed to refract light. At least one surface must be angled — elements with two parallel surfaces are not prisms. The most familiar type of optical prism is the triangular prism, which has a triangular base ...

9. The Light (short story) - Wikipedia

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   The Light (short story) The Light is a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson. It was first published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in March, 1957. The plot concerns the crew of a spaceship from the United States landing on the Moon during a period of intense Cold War tension, and the possibly disastrous consequences of their ...