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==[[Science fiction]] or [[space opera]] settings==

==Magic and science== ...s to speak of magic and [[technology]] being in opposition, or magic and [[science]], but this isn't strictly accurate. Technology is, after all, the applica

...ipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Heinlein]]'s ''Red Planet''—so perhaps the science-fiction association is justified after all.) The alternative adjective "Te ...d "Luna", but they are rarely used, even by astronomers (except, again, in science fiction)—after all, the Earth only has one sun and one moon, so simpl

...rmation of large [[empire]]s, and then a few more the development of the [[science|scientific method]] and then the [[industry|industrial revolution]], which ...iculture and civilizations kicks off a major acceleration of development. Science or industry tends to follow; on Earth these came very close together, about

...is the study of technology stemming from basic [[mechanics]] and materials science. The connection between science and technology is not one-way. Scientific discoveries lead to new technolo

...haps slightly altered facial features partake much more of fiction than of science. Nor is it much more sensible to posit an alien planet where an [[ellogy|e

...dulity|arguments from personal incredulity]] rather than anything really [[science|scientific]]. Moreover, they seem mutually contradictory; it makes little

...famous stories themselves, but in some of his essays about them—and science-fiction author [[isfdb:James Blish|James Blish]]). However, Lewis saddled

...ity of their food). Drithidiach is also known as being perhaps the most [[science|scientifically]] advanced of the onirarchies... as well as, since the [[Dri

...While some manufacture does take place there, especially of textiles and [[science|scientific]] instruments, these too account for only a small part of the pl

...position and [[momentum]] as separate dimensions, and more generally in [[science]] similar "[[phase space]]s" of any number of dimensions—even [[infin ...ld entail is difficult to conceive—though that hasn't stopped some [[science fiction]] authors from trying.

...ogono was the first of her immediate family to show a proclivity for the [[science]]s instead of the [[art]]s. While her parents initially downplayed her int

...child of a well known writer ([[Austin Mayes]]) and a professor of social science at the [[Wikipedia:University of Western Australia|University of Western Au

...n the company's marketing and economics. When one of Albedo's products, a science-fiction adventure called [[Quasar (game)|Quasar]] that was one of the first

...ined by [[newcomers to Icathiria]]—the reference in the name is to [[science fiction]] author [[isfdb:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], well known fo

...emporary [[metamorphosis]]). Ambatic aliens have made appearances in some science-fiction stories, including [[isfdb:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]]'s Ishtaria

...o give its enrollees a well-rounded education, covering all the standard [[science]]s and humanities and offering dozens of different majors, they of course l

...the people can understand the onirarchs' commands. Detailed knowledge of science and culture is unnecessary for the menial work most onirarchies have their

...e competent but not exceptional in such fields as [[celemology]] and the [[science]]s, Isombren has had and still has more than its fair share of noted [[phil

...hools of martial arts; he learned several kinds of [[magic]]; he studied [[science]] and engineering; he enhanced himself [[cybernetics|cybernetically]]; he a