Sentences with phrase «golden age of science»

The book is more than 1,000 pages long, and this recording runs more than 47 hours, but the cast (67 actors playing 198 roles), the 150,000 sound effects, and the original music composed for the recording make the audio possibly the best way to experience Hubbard's paean to the golden age of science fiction.

Finally becomes a somber, sentimental and rather profound romantic fantasy that is more true to the spirit of the Golden Age of science - fiction writing than possibly any other movie of the»90s.

The time has come to hold the golden age of science fiction accountable for its fantastic promises.

Like you, I subscribe to various high - end periodicals, where much has been written in recent years about the current golden age of science on television, and Ghost Hunters does not often get a mention.

Britain, it seemed, would prosper as much from Churchill's «golden age of science and machinery» as we had from the world's first Industrial Revolution.

Interesting discussion — Totally agree about the «punching above their weight» problem with the current spate of «popular» atheists and junk writers, as well as the «Hollywood» treatment of Pullman, but you don't need to wade through Pullman's trilogy to get a useful insight into institutionalism vs genuine spirituality — just pick up the excellent «The Dragon in the Sea» by Dune author Frank Herbert or «The Moon is a Harsh Mistress» by Robert Heinlien — great works from the Golden Age of Science Fiction literature.

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He referred to his lectures as «Lay Sermons,» in which he damned his «idolatrous age» for ignoring «the living God thundering from the Sinai of science... to worship the golden calf of tradition.»

When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, Winston Churchill, her first prime minister, heralded the coming of the new reign in the House of Commons as marking «a golden age of... science and machinery», in which the nations of the world would be able to produce «an undreamed - of prosperity with culture and leisure ever more widely spread can come, perhaps even easily and swiftly, to the masses of the people in every land».

The quantum physicist — who grew up in Iraq and is an expert on the golden age of Arabic science — says science can flourish in the Muslim world today

But otherwise, the few science and math teachers in pop culture have tended to resemble the wimpy Mr. Peepers or the clueless Mr. Boynton from the sitcoms of TV's «golden age.»

The tools of science have changed since the golden age of physics, but many of the same questions remain

«It's frustrating because it should be a golden age of planetary exploration because there's so much data that's coming in, but what's missing is the commitment of funding to interpret the measurements,» says Jim Bell, associate professor of astronomy at Cornell University and a science team member on the twin Mars rover mission.

John Grunsfeld, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, opted for the latter, telling the celebrants in Laurel, «Five hundred years from now, we will look back on this as the golden age of exploration.»

In fact, the golden age of Muslim science lasted nearly a millennium, as depicted in a traveling exhibition, «1001 Inventions,» now showing at the New York Hall of Sscience lasted nearly a millennium, as depicted in a traveling exhibition, «1001 Inventions,» now showing at the New York Hall of ScienceScience.

Asimov was recognised as one of the three giants of the «golden age» of science fiction.

Tu also received numerous awards nationally which include «Award for Progress in Anti-malarial Research Achieved by Project 523 Scientific Team» honored by China National Congress of Science and Technology (1978); «National Scientific Discovery Award» for Anti-malaria Drug - Qinghaosu by the China Ministry of Science and Technology (1979); «Invention Award» (as the first inventor) by China National Congress for Awards in Science and Technology (1982); «Award of Young and Middle - aged Experts with Outstanding Contribution» by the Chinese Government (1984); «The Top Honorary Award» by China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1992); «The Top Ten National Achievements for Progress in Science and Technology» by China National Committee of Science and Technology (1992); «First - Class Award of National Achievements in Science and Technology» by China National Award Committee for Advances in Science and Technology (1992); «National Model» by China State Council (1995); «Award for Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Chinese Medicine» by Guangzhou Zhongjing Award Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine (1995); «Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award» by Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation of Hong Kong (1996); «Top Ten Health Achievements in New China» by China Ministry of Health (1997); «Female Inventor of the New Century» by China National Bureau of Intellectual Property (2002); «Golden Medal of the 14th National Invention Exhibition» by China National Bureau of Intellectual Property (2003); «Award for Development of Chinese Materia Medica» by Cyrus Chung Ying Tang Foundation, (2009).

The W. M. Keck Observatory is very grateful for the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations that recognize the value of our science and leadership in this golden age of astronomical exploration.

It's a scale no American SF publication has reached since the Golden Age of magazine fiction publishing in the 1950s, when Amazing Stories defined Science Fiction as a genre.

For example, his Pulitzer - winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay offers historical fiction along with a look at the Golden Age of comics, Jewish mysticism, and the importance of family, while The Yiddish Policeman's Union won multiple literary, mystery, and science - fiction awards for its blend of alternate history and noir in a story rich in characters, ideas, and polished prose.

Now, there's nothing wrong it; the premise that the worlds we get to visit are ancient ruins of a future humanity's Golden Age of galactic exploration is one that is fascinating to me as a fan of Science Fiction.

At the same time, public fascination with sharks led to a golden age of shark science that completely changed our view of the ocean and how it works.

«I've been calling this a golden age for high - resolution climate modeling because these supercomputers are enabling us to do gee - whiz science in a way we haven't been able to do before,» said Wehner, who was also a lead author for the recent Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The golden age for U.S. science over the span of my career was under the administration of Bush 41, with abundant funding and an emphasis on studying the problems rather than on acting on them.

Gates told the audience we're in a «golden age of computer science» thanks to the nearly limitless amounts of power and storage at our fingertips.