Fictional scientists

on society, we can understand just how much these two films actually have in common. Common Theme These two vastly different films share a couple of common themes. First, the protagonist in both films possesses superhuman ability. Ichthyander’s scientist father implanted him with shark gills as a young boy so that he could survive a debilitating lung condition. John…

questions such as, if we could apply this manner in the human body to discover and hunted the cancer cells and other pathogens so we can help many patients. Those questions led him to the laboratory to make his ideas true. He knew that’s impossible and fictional idea, but he had some hope (Wehrum, 2014).…

Even though the scientists used surgical techniques, it can be presumed that Charly had just a common procedure at the time he was treated with electroshock by Dr. Guarino. In other words, it is not clear what procedures were used in the whole process. As well, the doctors…

its location. Plato, the Greek philosopher, wrote about this ancient civilization in two of his dialogues. Although some argue that this place is fictional, there are scientific and geographical explanations as to why the city would have sunken. Also, there have been relics that were found that suggest they came from an advanced civilization. Scientists will one day discover that the legendary lost city of Atlantis existed because there are many reasons as to why the island may have collapsed,…

“The Athlete”, Jules “The Whore”, Marty “The Fool”, Dana “The Virgin” and Holden “The Scholar” all play the leading roles. The film is set-up as the stereotypical “slasher film.” The horrific event is induced by the past and conflict is between a fictional antagonist and a group of teenagers, which includes two girls, one is a virgin and her best friend is a whore. Each character portrays a certain archetype in…

In Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku wrote about the unimaginable. Kaku wrote a book entirely about physics concepts, from a physicist’s point of view, and makes it understandable and interesting to kids in high school. Michio Kaku wrote about ways to change the world. Michio Kaku’s physics theories go in depth because of his intelligence and his qualifications. He has and intelligent persona even at a young age. As a child Kaku strived to do amazing things, he wanted “to be a part of the…

Before the 21st century many scientists were unable to figure out what the earth was suspended upon. Many different polytheistic religions taught that the earth was held up by a spiritualistic god or creature. Once again, Christians already knew the answer. The bible explains in Job 26:7…

defining breakdown in terms of gender in science. As a young woman studying Marine Biology, I someday wish to be viewed as a member of the scientific community. In spite of this, when I think of a ‘scientist’, a man in a lab coat is all that comes to mind. This is the historical image of the scientist, perpetuated through generations, not only in the classroom, but in all facets of science and its representations. I believe this has to do with the patriarchal hierarchy which dictates social…

A relatively new genre in cinema known as climate fiction has come into fruition ever since scientist have brought to our attention the occurrence of a human induced climate change. Climate fiction has been a hard film category to define, and an even harder genre to critique. A historical analysis of climate fiction is legitimate though the time period climate fiction in film covers is only 40 years. Its legitimacy spurs from climate fiction being a public response to a problem and also the fact…

the viewpoint of the audiences towards particular issue. Thus, in his 2004 book Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton argues that humorists are vital to the society. However, from time to time the humorous messages might be exaggerated and have added fictional information to attract the attention of the audiences; consequently, these messages would offend a particular group of audience. For example, the Charlie Hebdo Shooting, massacre of famous French humorists, occurred because the Muslim killers…