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Peer reviewedFriedman, Alan J. – American Journal of Physics, 1979
Discusses the works by six contemporary American novelists that illustrate the current state of "physics fiction." The discussed examples of physics fiction ranged from the fluent and frequent inclusion of the casual, to the elaborate systems of physics metaphors. (GA)
Descriptors: Literature, Metaphors, Novels, Physics
