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2. Fourth dimension in literature - Wikipedia

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   Fourth dimension in literature. The idea of a fourth dimension has been a factor in the evolution of modern art, but use of concepts relating to higher dimensions has been little discussed by academics in the literary world. [1] From the late 19th century onwards, many writers began to make use of possibilities opened up by the exploration of ...

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. Parallel universes in fiction - Wikipedia

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   Perhaps the most common use of the concept of a parallel universe in science fiction is the concept of hyperspace. Used in science fiction, the concept of "hyperspace" often refers to a parallel universe that can be used as a faster-than-light shortcut for interstellar travel. Rationales for this form of hyperspace vary from work to work, but ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

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 ...