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General Theory Of Everything
The General Theory of Everything () is a sarcastic coinage of Stanisław Lem introduced in 1966. The biographical sketch of Ijon Tichy in "The Twenty-eighth Voyage" of Tychy's '' Star Diaries'' says that a grandfather of Ijon, Jeremiasz Tichy, "decided to create the General Theory of Everything, and nothing stopped him from doing this". Apart from being a precursor of the term "Theory of Everything," the term GTE was used to characterize Lem's essays of fundamental character, such as '' The Philosophy of Chance'' and ''Science Fiction and Futurology Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...'',"Fantastyka i futurologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel ''Solaris (novel), Solaris''. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. Lem was the author of the fundamental philosophical work ''Summa Technologiae'', in which he anticipated the creation of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and also developed the ideas of human autoevolution, the creation of Simulacrum, artificial worlds, and many others. Lem's science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ijon Tichy
Ijon Tichy () is a fictional character who appears in several works of the Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem: initially in '' The Star Diaries'', later in '' The Futurological Congress'', '' Peace on Earth'', '' Observation on the Spot'', and ''Memoirs of a Space Traveller'' (more stories from ''The Star Diaries,'' issued in English translation as a separate volume). Tichy is also the narrator in a 1973 novel '' Professor A. Dońda'', being the professor's sidekick. Character Tichy is a space explorer whose interplanetary experiences are chronicled in ''The Star Diaries''. He also moves in scientific circles on Earth; he is invited to the Futurological Congress in Costa Rica, and his endorsement and approval are sought by a number of researchers and inventors on the edge of their field, such as doctor Diagoras, who has developed an artificial intelligence that is independent of mankind, and Decantor, who has invented an immortal soul. Tichy himself is the narrato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Diaries
''The Star Diaries'' is a series of short stories of the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy, of satirical nature, by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. The first ones were published in a 1954 collection and first published as a separate book in 1957 titled ''Dzienniki gwiazdowe'', expanded in 1971. Closely related to this series is the series ''Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego'' 'From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy'' Usually these stories, and several others, are considered to be the same cycle of the adventures of Ijon Tichy. The permit of the Communist censors for the 1954 publication described ''The Star Diaries'' as a satire of the capitalist society while failing to notice numerous parallels with the Communist society. The collections were published in English in two volumes, ''The Star Diaries'' (published New York, 1976) and ''Memoirs of a Space Traveller'' (published London, 1982). Stories The Star Diaries Translated by Michael Kandel. * ''Introduction'' and ''Introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theory Of Everything
A theory of everything (TOE), final theory, ultimate theory, unified field theory, or master theory is a hypothetical singular, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical physics, theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all aspects of the universe. Finding a theory of everything is one of the major unsolved problems in physics. Over the past few centuries, two theoretical frameworks have been developed that, together, most closely resemble a theory of everything. These two theories upon which all modern physics rests are general relativity and quantum mechanics. General relativity is a theoretical framework that only focuses on gravity for understanding the universe in regions of both large scale and high mass: planets, stars, galaxies, Galaxy cluster, clusters of galaxies, etc. On the other hand, quantum mechanics is a theoretical framework that focuses primarily on three non-gravitational forces for understanding the universe in regions of both very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philosophy Of Chance
''The Philosophy of Chance'', with subtitle ''"Literature in the Light of Empiricism"'' () is an essay by Polish author Stanisław Lem on the literary theory and the influence of literature on the modern culture. However, as literary critic Henryk Markiewicz noted, the subtitle is somewhat misleading: starting with Lem's take on literary theory, the essay turns into the "General Theory of Everything": of the Universe, evolution, and culture, based on a premise that chance, eventuality is the universal factor. Jerzy JarzębskiAn afterword to the book/ref> The essay was first published in 1968 by Wydawnictwo Literackie as a book of over 600 pages. Lem's literary theory In the essay, Lem criticizes the contemporary literary theory, in particular, Roman Ingarden's ''Literary Work of Art'', and proceeds with his own. He cautions that he deals only with the ontological side of the issue, disregarding the esthetical side of literature. Lem's exposition draw on analogies from vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction And Futurology
Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which study the physical world, and the social sciences, which study individuals and societies. While referred to as the formal sciences, the study of logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science are typically regarded as separate because they rely on deductive reasoning instead of the scientific method as their main methodology. Meanwhile, applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as engineering and medicine. The history of science spans the majority of the historical record, with the earliest identifiable predecessors to modern science dating to the Bronze Age in Egypt and Mesopotamia (). Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped the Greek natural philo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg
Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1 January 1937 – 30 August 1995) was a Polish science fiction author, born in Płock, Poland. Although unpopular during his life, after his suicide he became recognized as one of the most significant authors of Polish SF. His novel ''Robot'' was first published in English in 2021 in a translation by Tomasz Mirkowicz, who died in 2003. He was the prototype of Sneer, the main character of '' Limes inferior'', one of the novels by Janusz A. Zajdel. Publications * ''Robot'' ("Robot") (1973) * ''Według łotra'' ("According, to the Thief") (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1978) * ''Nagi cel'' ("The Naked Target") (1980) * ''Arka'' ("The Ark") (Czytelnik, Warszawa 1989) * ''Jednolita teoria czasoprzestrzeni'' ("The Uniform Theory of the Spacetime") (1990) **A non-science fiction book, in which the author presents his vision of the "General Theory of Everything The General Theory of Everything () is a sarcastic coinage of Stanisław Lem introduced in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowa Fantastyka
''Nowa Fantastyka'' (established as ''Fantastyka'' in 1982, renamed in 1990) is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine. It is the leading and oldest of the Polish magazines on this topic. History ''Fantastyka'' was established in 1982 by sci-fi fans Andrzej Krzepkowski, Jacek Rodek and , under the direction of the writer and journalist Adam Hollanek, who became the magazine's first editor-in-chief. It became known as one of few magazines to publish both foreign and Polish short stories, as well as full-length novels in instalments. Between 1990 and 1992 its editor-in-chief was Lech Jęczmyk, followed by Maciej Parowski and Arkadiusz Nakoniecznik. In March 2006 Paweł Matuszek took over. Andrzej Sapkowski published his first short story about ''The Witcher'' in the magazine - a debut that led to the publishing success of The Witcher saga. Today ''Fantastyka'' is dedicated predominantly to short stories, but also to articles on modern scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
