Title Set phasers to teach! : star trek in research and teaching / Stefan Rabitsch, Martin Gabriel, Wilfried Elmenreich, John N.A. Brown, editors

Published Cham : Springer, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource 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 It is using an incompatible interface and an out of date codex."; "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a search engine!"; "Sir, the ensigns are refusing to wear red shirts and threatening to dox anyone who sends them on an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." Summary For 50 years, Star Trek has been an inspiration to its fans around the world, helping them to dream of a better future. This inspiration has entered our culture and helped to shape much of the technology of the early 21st Century. The contributors to this volume are researchers and teachers in a wide variety of disciplines; from Astrophysics to Ethnology, from English and History to Medicine and Video Games, and from American Studies to the study of Collective Computing Systems. What the authors have in common is that some version of Star Trek has inspired them, not only in their dreams of what may be, but in the ways in which they work - and teach others to work - here in the real world. Introduced with references to Star Trek films and television shows, and illustrated with original cartoons, each of the 15 chapters included in this volume provides insights into research and teaching in this range of academic fields Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 17, 2018) SUBJECT Star trek. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83700217 Star trek (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80040317 Star trek fast Star trek (Television program) fast Subject Star Trek television programs -- History and criticism Star Trek films -- History and criticism Philosophy & theory of education. Teaching skills & techniques. Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (Calif.) PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. Star Trek films Star Trek television programs Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Rabitsch, Stefan, 1983- editor Gabriel, Martin (Historian), editor Elmenreich, Wilfried, editor Brown, John N. A., 1963- editor ISBN 9783319737768 3319737767 3319737759 9783319737751

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