Write a Scientific Paper (WASP): Interdisciplinarity as it may become – As visualized in science fiction. (February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grech, Victor
• Is Part Of: Early human development. Volume 129(2019)
• Page Start: 100
• Page End: 102
• Publication Date: 2019-02
• Subjects: Fetus -- Periodicals; Neonatology -- Periodicals; Prenatal influences -- Periodicals; 612.65
• DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.12.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0378-3782

Abstract

Abstract: Interdisciplinarity, the combining of two or more academic disciplines into one activity, is generally encouraged, but there are many pitfalls in the path of the would-be interdisciplinarian. Science fiction, has repeatedly warned of indulgence in super-specialization. This paper will review the genre's depiction of some protagonists who have reified the interdisciplinary paradigm within science fiction, and some lessons that may be learned from these narratives.