Set phasers to teach! : star trek in research and teaching /: star trek in research and teaching. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stefan Rabitsch, Martin Gabriel, Wilfried Elmenreich, John N.A. Brown, editors.
• Editors: Rabitsch, Stefan; Gabriel, Martin; Elmenreich, Wilfried; Brown, John N. A
• Contents: Intro; Preface: "Engage!" Science Fiction and Science Inspire Each Other and Move Society Forward; "With A Wondrous Leap of the Imagination": Star Trek as Beacon and Compass; Works Cited; Contents; "Where Many Books Have Gone Before": Using Star Trek to Teach Literature; "Strange New Worlds": The Value of Intertextual Understanding; "Ahab has to Hunt his Whale!": Star Trek as a Tool to Teach Specific Texts; "No more metaphors, Bones. That's an order": Learning Literary Concepts and Techniques Through Star Trek. "Something Spock was trying to tell me on my birthday": Literary Themes in Star Trek"You'll find it in all the literature of the period": Literature as Pleasure; Works Cited; From 'Shalom Aleichem' to 'Live Long and Prosper': Engaging with Post-war American Jewish Identity via Star Trek: The Original Series; The Uses of Jewish Studies and Star Trek; A Transitional Moment for American Jews; Jewish Bodies, Jewish Characters?; Beyond Embodiment: Jewish Stories in Star Trek; Boldly Going Further: Towards Future Work On Star Trek and Jewish Studies; Works Cited; Recommended Reading. "Wagon Wheels, Sails, and Warp Cores": Star Trek and American Culture: Between Allegory and WorldbuildingIntroduction -- Recognizing the Known Unknown; What If? -- The Workings of sf; Allegory -- Westerns, Kennedy and the New Frontier of the 1960s; Worldbuilding -- Pax Transatlantica, or the Best of Both Worlds; Conclusion -- Continuing Voyages; Works Cited; Recommended Reading; How to Name a Starship: Starfleet between Anglo-American Bias and the Ideals of Humanism; Works Cited; The Computer of the Twenty-Third Century: Real-World HCI Based on Star Trek. "It's interaction, Jim, but not interaction as we know it.""The helm is not responding, Captain. Permission to turn it off and on again?"; "I can nae get the power, Captain. She's configuring her updates!"; "Siri, where are the nuclear vessels?" "I'm sorry, I do not understand: 'Fear art. See new, clear weasels'."; "Captain, I cannot raise the incoming craft. It is using an incompatible interface and an out of date codex."; "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a search engine!"; "Sir, the ensigns are refusing to wear red shirts and threatening to dox anyone who sends them on an away mission." "Scanning the planet's surface for Snarks, Captain, but detecting only Boojums."An Upgrade from the Technicians of Cygnet-14; Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before, in Order to Make It Accessible to Everyone; References; The Energy System in Star Trek and Its Real-Life Counterparts; The Use, the Need, and the History of Energy; Energy in Star Trek; Energy Production and Consumption Through the Lens of Star Trek; Works Cited; "My People once lived in Caves": Pre-Ưmodern Societies in Star Trek; Introduction -- "[O]n its way to rendezvous with history."
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.45/75; Computer science; Star Trek television programs -- History and criticism; Star Trek films -- History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Star Trek films; Star Trek television programs; Computer Science; Computers and Education; Philosophy of Education; Learning & Instruction; Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education -- Educational Psychology; Philosophy & theory of education; Teaching skills & techniques; Education; Education -- Philosophy; Education -- Computers & Technology; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319737768; 3319737767; 3319737759; 9783319737751
• Related ISBNs: 9783319737751; 3319737759
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 17, 2018).
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