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Platonism. The analogy of the Sun (or simile of the Sun or metaphor of the Sun) is found in the sixth book of The Republic (507b–509c), written by the Greek philosopher Plato as a dialogue between his brother Glaucon and Socrates, and narrated by the latter. Upon being urged by Glaucon to define goodness, a cautious Socrates professes himself ...
August 1949. " Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed " is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was originally published in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories in August 1949, under the title " The Naming of Names ". It was subsequently included in the short-story collections A Medicine for Melancholy and S Is for Space .
For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories by the British author Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond, the eighth book to feature the character. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on 11 April 1960. It marked a change of format for Fleming, who had previously written James Bond ...
Published in. Collier's. Publication date. June 28, 1952. " A Sound of Thunder " is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in Collier's magazine on June 28, 1952, and later in Bradbury's 1953 collection The Golden Apples of the Sun. [ 1]
Old Oscar is excited to hear his old friend Winnie Winger is coming out to visit him, but he believes she's coming to see his famous stunt, the Double-Over-Under-Upside-Down-Loop-De-Loop. Jay Jay helps him practice the move so he's ready, unaware of that Winnie is only here to visit her old friend, and she doesn't mind the move at all.
Health threats from cosmic rays are the dangers posed by cosmic rays to astronauts on interplanetary missions or any missions that venture through the Van-Allen Belts or outside the Earth's magnetosphere. [ 1][ 2] They are one of the greatest barriers standing in the way of plans for interplanetary travel by crewed spacecraft, [ 3][ 4][ 5] but ...
The Three-Body Problem ( Chinese: 三体; lit. 'three body') is a 2008 novel by the Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin. It is the first novel in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. [ 1] The series portrays a fictional past, present, and future wherein Earth encounters an alien civilization from a nearby system of three Sun-like stars ...
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming: produced by Mirisch Company Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture: May 1966: Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title: June 8, 1966: Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! June 15, 1966: Duel at Diablo: June 15, 1966: Khartoum: distribution only; Julian Blaustein Productions (UK) August 1, 1966 ...